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Noun: echinus (echini)  i'kI-nus
  1. Ovolo moulding between the shaft and the abacus of a Doric column
    "The echinus of the column was intricately carved"

Derived forms: echini

Type of: ovolo, quarter round, thumb

Encyclopedia: Echinus