kuon, = a dog (as a word of reproach);
-urus, = -tailed, i.e. with an elongated or tail-like appendage.
Kuonosoura, = dog’s tail; Ursa Minor. (LS, BL, Ox, K3)
ekhinos, = the urchin, hedgehog, also the sea urchin;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(echinate, armed with numerous rigid hairs or straight prickles or spines or spiny projections)
(Alien) (LS, BL)