sea urchin

noun

Definition of sea urchin

: any of numerous echinoderms (class Echinoidea) that are usually enclosed in thin brittle globular tests covered with movable spines

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At dinner, the chefs offer ambitious tasting menus featuring offbeat combinations like quail with buckwheat and sea urchin. — Jay Cheshes, WSJ, "The Most Innovative Chefs in Lyon, France’s Gastronomic Capital," 24 July 2018 There was chilled Dungeness crab, a few pristine white chunks under sea urchin foam, to be spooned from a shot glass. — New York Times, "Legacy Records Looks for History in a Brand New Neighborhood," 19 June 2018 The study, published in the journal Ecography, said the sea urchin population skyrocketed after the 2013 outbreak of a disease that killed off sea stars, the urchins’ primary predator. — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, "Monterey Bay Aquarium’s program to save sea otters revives their habitat," 21 Apr. 2018 The food emphasizes creative takes on Italian classics, like a scampi crudo with artichoke hearts and burrata, cacio e pepe pasta with sea urchin, and pork with celery and cherries soaked in Armagnac. — Laura Itzkowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, "5 Best Day Trips from Rome," 5 Mar. 2018 The bracing ceviches for which Zarate is rightly famous are in full force, too: pristine scallop and sea urchin floating in leche de tigre with fried garlic, or delicate Ensenada sea bass in a yuzu-walnut dressing. — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, "The Best Peruvian Restaurants in Los Angeles," 26 June 2018 To help the kelp, commercial divers along Northern California’s Mendocino coast are tending a precious stand of kelp forest, plucking off the purple sea urchins by hand and using suction hoses to vacuum them up, says Catton. — Washington Post, "Sea otters rebound but struggle to regain historic range," 18 May 2018 Style your coffee table like a pro: When designing the top of your coffee table, start with something large and wonderful in the middle: a floral in an interesting pot, a huge bowl (maybe filled with sea urchins or something else interesting). — Colleen Egan, ELLE Decor, "How to Style Your Home Like a Staging Pro," 1 Apr. 2015 The number of sea urchins also dropped in the north while rising in the south. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "It’s too soon to tell if the Great Barrier Reef’s bleaching was a catastrophe," 27 July 2018

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