urchin
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Usually nothing lives inside a blue hole, but cameras dropped inside the new discovery show small sponges, a species of urchin called large spatangoid, and diverse fish species.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
Her fossilized sea urchin, from a beach on the Red Sea, “responds by radiating its own inner joy at being found and loved too,” whispering: “We are two cyclical beings, each with their own story.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
After the 2008 event, many urchin populations rebounded, sometimes relatively quickly.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025
Yama Seafood Uni – The first time I tried uni — sea urchin — was at Shiro’s in Seattle.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
Penelope was losing patience, but she was also beginning to feel sorry for this urchin.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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There are those who argue urchins are a triumph of packaging, their boxes and tubes designed to look like toy store collectibles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
Infected sea urchins became less active, moved in unusual ways, failed to respond to external stimuli, and eventually lost their flesh and spines before dying.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025
He protected hikers and hunters and tree-climbing little urchins like us, and he created the most sacred tree of all, the Master Oak, for us to grow up in.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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