igulker

See also: ígulker

Faroese

igulker (Echinoidea )

igulker

Etymology

From igul- +‎ ker (“vessel”).

A compound of Old Norse ígull + ker. The first element is from Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”).

Compare Icelandic ígulker.

Noun

igulker n (genitive singular igulkers, plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

(zoology) urchin, sea urchin, sea hedgehog (Echinoidea)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

egilker
øðuker

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