Urchins
[ɜ:tʃɪnz]
Examples
- In the sea-urchins the steps can be followed by which a fixed spine becomes articulated to the shell, and is thus rendered movable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Echinodermata (star-fishes, sea-urchins, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This carriage, too, drove away, and the urchins gave another sarcastical cheer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The urchins, always frightened before him, retired: their mother would have followed too. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Get out of the way, you little devils, George cried to a small crowd of damp urchins, that were hanging about the chapel-door. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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