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Webster 1913 Edition

Echinite

Ech′i-nite

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

échinite

. See

.]

(Paleon.)

A fossil echinoid.

Webster 1828 Edition

Echinite

ECH'INITE

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Noun.

[See Echinus.] A fossil found in chalk pits, called centronia; a petrified shell set with prickles or points; a calcarious petrifaction of the echinus or sea-hedgehog.