echer.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a level or rank in an organization, in society, etc.; those occupying it (often in pl. : the upper echelons).
2 Mil. a formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front (in echelon).

--v.

tr. arrange in an echelon. [F ÷chelon f. ÷chelle ladder f. L scala]

echer.html - n.
any succulent plant of the genus Echeveria, native to Central and S. America. [M. Echeveri, 19th-c. Mex. botanical draughtsman]

echer.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a level or rank in an organization, in society, etc.; those occupying it (often in pl. : the upper echelons).
2 Mil. a formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front (in echelon).

--v.

tr. arrange in an echelon. [F ÷chelon f. ÷chelle ladder f. L scala]

echer.html - n.
any succulent plant of the genus Echeveria, native to Central and S. America. [M. Echeveri, 19th-c. Mex. botanical draughtsman]

echer.html - n.
any of several egg-laying pouch-bearing mammals native to Australia and New Guinea, with a covering of spines, and having a long snout and long claws. Also called spiny anteater. [mod.L f. Gk ekhidna viper]

echer.html - n.
any marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, usu. having a spiny skin, e.g. starfish and sea urchins. [ECHINUS + Gk derma -atos skin]