urchins
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Intrigued, American anglers started dabbling with urchins, and having success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fish, mobile snails, sea urchins, and bivalves such as clams, oysters, and mussels all require faster metabolisms to support movement and, in many cases, predatory lifestyles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
"In the supermarket, you find luxury products, sea urchins or Dom Perignon champagne, and vegetables have become extremely expensive," pushing some people to do their shopping in a neighbouring town.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Crinoids are part of the phylum Echinodermata which also boasts sea urchins and sea cucumbers.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
In the spring of 1951, Maurice Wilkins gave a scientific talk at the Zoological Station in Naples—at the laboratory where Boveri and Morgan had once worked on urchins.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
