sea urchin
noun
: any of numerous echinoderms (class Echinoidea) that are usually enclosed in thin brittle globular tests covered with movable spines
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Bring the family and experience an up- close and personal encounter with LEC’s sea urchins, sea stars, and sea cucumbers.
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Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Dishes include scallop and sea urchin cheung fun, truffle cha siu bao, steamed abalone, and duck and milk tea mooncake.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
In this case, these are animals like the purple sea urchin, a spiky purple pincushion that chows down enthusiastically on kelp.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
Otherwise, the rules were simple: slip into the zen robe and only leave the room for dinner at Hanabi, which will live rent-free in my mind forever thanks to chef Roberto Sanchez’s creamy, absurdly delicious cacio e pepe sea urchin udon.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
Dishes include scallop and sea urchin cheung fun, truffle cha siu bao, steamed abalone, and duck and milk tea mooncake.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2025
In this case, these are animals like the purple sea urchin, a spiky purple pincushion that chows down enthusiastically on kelp.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
Otherwise, the rules were simple: slip into the zen robe and only leave the room for dinner at Hanabi, which will live rent-free in my mind forever thanks to chef Roberto Sanchez’s creamy, absurdly delicious cacio e pepe sea urchin udon.
—Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Sea urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20urchin. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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