Spatangus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spatangus \Spa*tan"gus\, n. [NL., fr. L. spatangius a kind of
     sea urchin, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     A genus of heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the
     {Spatangoidea}.
     [1913 Webster]