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]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛɾ.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛʁ.mu/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛɻ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ki.noˈdɛʁ.mo/ [e.ki.noˈdɛɦ.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)
Noun
equinodermo m (plural equinodermos)
- echinoderm (member of the Echinodermata)
Further reading
- “equinodermo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “equinodermo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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)
Noun
equinodermo m (plural equinodermos)
Further reading
- “equinodermo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025