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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

E-chĭ'nops, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ἐχῖνος, hedgehog, and ὄψις, form, appearance.]

  1. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, including the globe-thistle.
  2. (Zoöl.) A genus of animals of the shrew tribe. Ogilvie.