| echinoderm |
Echinoderms (Echinodermata) is a phylum of marine animals found in the ocean at all depths. This phylum dates back to the lower Cambrian period and represents about 7000 living species and 13000 extinct ones. 6 classes made it to the Modern Era: * Asteroidea (asteroids / starfishes or sea stars): 1,500 species that capture prey for their own food.* Concentricycloidea (sea daisies), have a unique water vascular system. ...
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| echinulate |
bearing small, pointed spines.
Ãâó: www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/fungloss.htm
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| echinate |
set with prickles.
Ãâó: www.biology.lsu.edu/heydrjay/ThomasSay/terms.html
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| echinoderm |
invertebrate with penta-radial symmetry, often covered by a hard or spiny skin, including sea urchins and sea cucumbers of the phylum Echinoderma.
Ãâó: gmbis.marinebiodiversity.ca/BayOfFundy/glossE-H.ht...
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| echinacea |
An herb used by many people with HIV infection, which is thought to combat weight loss, although there is no hard evidence of this effect to date.
Ãâó: www.thebody.com/hivnews/aidscare/dec97/pullout.htm...
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