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A sea urchin. / (architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.

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echinus

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echinus

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Japanese Meaning

ウニ（海胆） / 古典建築におけるドルイック式の柱頭の鐘部に見られる、丸みを帯びた装飾的モールディング

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A colorful echinus rolled across the reef, its spines glinting in the sun.

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色とりどりのウニが岩礁を転がり、その棘が陽にきらめいていた。

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A sea urchin.

'It is a sea-urchin - a common echinus. Nature repeats itself in many forms regardless of the size. This echinus is a model, a prototype, of the world.'

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(architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.

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(architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.

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echini

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