Polyglot Dictionary

sea urchin

/siː ˈɜːrtʃɪn/

noun B2
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
sea urchins

Meaning

  1. erizo de mar

    • He stepped on a sea urchin while swimming.

      Pisó un erizo de mar mientras nadaba.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

hedgehog

Spanish erizo covers both: a hedgehog is the spiny land mammal; a sea urchin is the spiny sea creature — unrelated animals, same Spanish word for "spiny thing."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa sea urchin?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He stepped on a sea ___ while swimming.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a sea urchin?

noun

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