ouriço-do-mar
Portuguese, noun/o(w)ˌɾi.su.duˈma(ʁ)/
ouriço-do-mar is spelled O-U-R-I-Ç-O-D-O-M-A-R (11 letters). Ouriço-do-mar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sea urchin (any marine echinoderm of the class Echinoidea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal marinho de carapaça redonda e dura recoberta de espinhos móveis”.
What does ouriço-do-mar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesea urchin (any marine echinoderm of the class Echinoidea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. animal marinho de carapaça redonda e dura recoberta de espinhos móveis
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ouriço-do-mar
- ouriços-do-mar plural
- ouriço do mar alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouriço-do-mar?
- Brazil /o(w)ˌɾi.su.duˈma(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o(ʊ̯)ˌɾi.su.duˈma(h)]
- /o(w)ˌɾi.su.duˈma(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.