Echinus may refer to:
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Echinus (Acarnania)
Echinus or Echinos () was an ancient Greek town of Acarnania. Legend has it that it was founded by a Greek mythological figure named Echinus. It is mentioned by the poet Rhianus, and appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Plin ...
, a town in ancient Acarnania, Greece
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Echinus (Thessaly)
Echinus or Echinos () was a town and polis of Phthiotis or of Malis in ancient Thessaly, situated upon the Malian Gulf, between Lamia and Larissa Cremaste, in a fertile district. It was said to derive its name from Echion, who sprang from t ...
, a town in ancient Thessaly, Greece; also a Roman Catholic titular bishopric
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Echinus (molding)
Ovolo is an Italian word that means "little egg". The ovolo or echinus is a convex decorative molding profile used in architectural ornamentation. Its profile is a quarter to a half of a more or less flattened circle.
The 1911 edition of ''Enc ...
, a molding similar to the ovolo
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''Echinus'' (sea urchin), a genus of animals
* ''Echinus'' (plant), a synonym for the plant genus ''
Mallotus''
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