echinus esculentus

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   a sea urchin that can be eaten

   Synonymsedible sea urchin

   Broadersea urchin

Questions about echinus esculentus

What does echinus esculentus mean?

echinus esculentus means "a sea urchin that can be eaten".

What is another word for echinus esculentus?

Close synonyms include edible sea urchin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is echinus esculentus a common word?

echinus esculentus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.