equinodermo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• equinoderma, equinoderme

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin echinoderma. By surface analysis, equino- +‎ -dermo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛʁ.mu/ [e.ki.noˈdɛɦ.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛʁ.mu/ [e.ki.noˈdɛɦ.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛɾ.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛʁ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛɻ.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ki.nuˈdɛɾ.mu/ [i.ki.nuˈðɛɾ.mu]

• Rhymes: -ɛɾmu
• Hyphenation: e‧qui‧no‧der‧mo

Adjective

equinodermo (feminine equinoderma, masculine plural equinodermos, feminine plural equinodermas)

1. echinodermal

Noun

equinodermo m (plural equinodermos)

1. echinoderm (member of the Echinodermata)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin echinoderma (compare the phylum name Echinodermata), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, sea urchin”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekinoˈdeɾmo/ [e.ki.noˈð̞eɾ.mo]
• Rhymes: -eɾmo
• Syllabification: e‧qui‧no‧der‧mo

Adjective

equinodermo (feminine equinoderma, masculine plural equinodermos, feminine plural equinodermas)

1. echinodermal

Noun

equinodermo m (plural equinodermos)

1. echinoderm

Further reading

• “equinodermo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28