echinoderm

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”)

Noun

echinoderm (plural echinoderms)

Any member of the Echinodermata, a group of radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals. Examples of echinoderms include seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.

Translations

member of the Echinodermata

Azerbaijani: dərisitikanlı
Bulgarian: иглоко́жо (bg) n (iglokóžo)
Catalan: equinoderm m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 棘皮動物 (zh), 棘皮动物 (zh) (jípí dòngwù)
Czech: ostnokožec m
Finnish: piikkinahkainen
French: échinoderme (fr) m
German: Stachelhäuter m
Hungarian: tüskésbőrűek pl

Icelandic: skrápdýr n pl
Japanese: 棘皮動物 (ja) (きょくひどうぶつ, kyokuhi dōbutsu)
Korean: 극피동물 (ko) (geukpi dongmul)
Maori: kiri taratara
Portuguese: equinodermo m
Russian: иглоко́жее (ru) n (iglokóžeje)
Spanish: equinodermo m
Tagalog: tinikan
Turkish: derisi dikenli, ekinoderm

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