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Definition of Echidna

1. Noun. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea.

2. Noun. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.

Definition of Echidna

1. n. A monster, half maid and half serpent.

Definition of Echidna

1. a spiny anteater [n -NAS or -NAE]

Medical Definition of Echidna

1. 1. A monster, half maid and half serpent. 2. 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. Origin: L, a viper, adder, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Echidna

echelle echelles echelon echelon echeloned echeloning echelons Echeneididae Echeneis Echeneis naucrates

echeosis eches echeveria echeverias echidna (current term) echidna (current term) echidnae echidnas echidnine Echidnophaga

Echidnophaga gallinacea Echidnophaga gallinacea echin- echinacea Echinacea echinaceas echinate echinate echinated eching

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