🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

海胆

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hǎidǎn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sea Urchin/siː ˈɜːr.tʃɪn/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"新鲜的海胆味道非常鲜美。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, spiny, globular sea animal that lives on the seabed.

    "We spotted a colorful sea urchin hiding among the rocks in the tide pool."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'sea urchin' originates from Middle English 'urchin', which meant 'hedgehog' and was derived from the Old French 'herichon'. The modern usage refers to marine echinoderms of the class Echinoidea, reflecting their spiny appearance reminiscent of hedgehogs.

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