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Aristotle's lantern

noun

, Zoology.
  1. a complex arrangement of muscles and calcareous teeth and plates forming an eversible organ in most echinoids, functioning in mastication.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Aristotle's lantern1

So called from a reference by Aristotle to a sea urchin resembling in shape certain lanterns

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