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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fossil petalostichous sea-urchins, of the family Spatangidæ, found in the Cretaceous formation. They are called in the south of England “shepherds' crowns” and “fairy loaves,” and are especially characteristic of the Upper Chalk.
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