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Echinops
Echinops
Translingual
Proper noun
Echinops m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – globe thistles.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae – the lesser hedgehog tenrec.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Asteraceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Cynareae - tribe
- (genus in Tenrecidae): Mammalia - class, Theria - subclass, Eutheria - infraclass, Epitheria - magnorder, Afrotheria - superorder, Afrosoricida - order, Tenrecidae - family; Tenrecinae - subfamily