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ur·chin    (ûrchn) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A playful or mischievous youngster; a scamp.
2. A sea urchin.
3. A hedgehog.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English urchone, hedgehog, from Old French erichon, from Vulgar Latin *rci , rcin-, from Latin rcius, from r

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