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sand dollar — any of various flat, disklike sea urchins, as Mellita testudinata or Echinarachnius parma, that live on sandy bottoms off the coasts of the U.S. [1880 85, Amer.] * * * Any echinoderm (order Clypeastroida, class Echinoidea) that has a coinlike,… … Universalium
cake urchin — ▪ species of echinoderm any of the echinoid marine invertebrates of the order Clypeastroida (phylum Echinodermata), in which the body is flattened. The surface is covered with short spines (often furlike) and inconspicuous pedicellariae… … Universalium
exonumia — noun a) Coinlike objects. b) Study and/or collection of such. Syn: paranumismatica … Wiktionary
pledge# — pledge n Pledge, earnest, token, pawn, hostage are comparable when they denote something that is given or held as a sign of another s faith or intention to do what has been promised. Pledge, originally and still in some applications a technical… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
con|tor|ni|ate — «kuhn TR nee iht», adjective, noun. Numismatics. –adj. having a bordering furrow within the edge. –n. one of a group of Roman medals or coinlike pieces of copper or bronze having a furrow on each side within the edge, and bearing on one side a… … Useful english dictionary
