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echidna

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Noun

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e=chid=na

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun echidna has 2 senses

echidna(n = noun.animal) anteater, spiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea; Array

is a kind of egg-laying mammal, monotreme

is a member of genus zaglossus, zaglossus

echidna(n = noun.animal) anteater, spiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia; Array

is a kind of egg-laying mammal, monotreme

is a member of genus tachyglossus, tachyglossus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

echidna, n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. 'e`chidna.].

A monster, half maid and half serpent. [1913 Webster]
A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

echidna, 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.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk ekhidna viper

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