urchin

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Synonyms: urchon, archin

Antonyms: urchon, archin

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|archaic|_|or|_|dialectal}} A [[hedgehog]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[mischievous]] [[elf]] supposed sometimes to take the form of a hedgehog.
3. A [[mischievous]] [[child]].
4. A [[street urchin]], a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.
5. A [[sea urchin]].
6. One of a pair in a series of small [[card]] [[cylinder]]s arranged around a carding [[drum]]; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
7. {{lb|en|historical}} A [[neutron]]-generating [[device]] that [[trigger]]ed the [[nuclear]] [[detonation]] of the earliest [[plutonium]] [[atomic bomb]]s.

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