urchin
Example Sentences
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Sea urchins play a crucial role in the ocean, acting as ecosystem engineers much like large grazers on land.
From Science Daily
Penelope was losing patience, but she was also beginning to feel sorry for this urchin.
From Literature
The robot plucked sea stars and sea urchins and sea snails from the water and dropped them into rock pools along the shore.
From Literature
Visitors to Puglia, a major producer of durum wheat, can try handmade pastas in a variety of shapes, paired with broccoli rabe, sea urchin and even a horse ragù.
But when wasting disease in effect wiped out their main predator, the sea urchins exploded in number, decimating kelp forests and transforming once-lush underwater habitats into so-called urchin barrens.
From Los Angeles Times
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