spatangus

[Gr. spatanggos =a kind of sea urchin.] Zool. & Paleont .: The type genus of Spatangide (q. v.), the best known species being Spatangus pur pure us . The genus commences in the Tertiary. spătch-cock, s. [Prob. for despatch - cock .] 1. A fowl killed and immediately boiled, on some 237 chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; spathura