Christopher Columbus once accidentally ate a sea urchin. Then, he did it a second time... intentionally.
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Urchin
//ˈɜːtʃɪn//
Synonyms for "urchin" (66 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
Related word relations
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More general
12 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
Translations
36 translations across 18 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- şuluq noun (mischievous child)
Bulgarian
2 entries- калпазанин noun (mischievous child)
- палавник noun (mischievous child)
Dutch
1 entries- bengel noun (mischievous child)
Esperanto
1 entries- bubo noun (mischievous child)
French
1 entries- garnement noun (mischievous child)
German
4 entries- Bengel noun (mischievous child)
- Göre noun (mischievous child)
- Lausbube noun (mischievous child)
- Lümmel noun (mischievous child)
Greek
2 entries- διαβολάκι noun (mischievous child)
- παλιόπαιδο noun (mischievous child)
Hungarian
2 entries- csibész noun (mischievous child)
- lurkó noun (mischievous child)
Ido
1 entries- bubo noun (mischievous child)
Italian
4 entries- birichino noun (mischievous child)
- discolo noun (mischievous child)
- lazzarone noun (mischievous child)
- monello noun (mischievous child)
Japanese
1 entries- 小汚いガキ noun (mischievous child)
Occitan
2 entries- esparnèl noun (mischievous child)
- galapian noun (mischievous child)
Polish
2 entries- urwis noun (mischievous child)
- łobuziak noun (mischievous child)
Portuguese
1 entries- moleque noun (mischievous child)
Romanian
1 entries- ștrengar noun (mischievous child)
Russian
3 entries- баловни́к noun (mischievous child)
- озорни́к noun (mischievous child)
- прока́зник noun (mischievous child)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- deran noun (mischievous child)
Spanish
3 entries- gamina noun (mischievous child)
- gamín noun (mischievous child)
- golfillo noun (mischievous child)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Tom is a street urchin.
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Mary is a sea urchin.
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Sea urchin has a slimy texture.
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Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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