echinus

noun4

1. •
   A sea urchin.

   • 'It is a sea-urchin - a common echinus. Nature repeats itself in many forms regardless of the size. This echinus is a model, a prototype, of the world.' — 1929
2. •
   The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
3. •
   The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
4. •
   The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.