SPAT
Spat, v. i.
Defn: To dispute. [R.] Smart.
SPAT
Spat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spatting.]
Defn: To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
[Local, U.S.]
Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. Judd.
SPATANGOID
Spa*tan"goid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea.
— n.
Defn: One of the Spatangoidea.
SPATANGOIDEA
Spat`an*goi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Spatangus, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.
SPATANGUS
Spa*tan"gus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. spatangius a kind of sea urchin,
Gr. (Zoöl.)