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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ECHINITE

n.[See Echinus. ] A fossil found in chalk pits, called centronia; a petrified shell set with prickles or points; a calcarious petrifaction of the echinus or sea-hedgehog.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ECHINITE

Ech "i *nite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. échinite. See Echinus. ] (Paleon.)

 

Defn: A fossil echinoid.