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Noun: echidna (echidnae,echidnas)  i'kid-nu
  1. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
    - spiny anteater, anteater
     
  2. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
    - spiny anteater, anteater

Derived forms: echidnae, echidnas

Type of: egg-laying mammal, monotreme

Part of: genus Tachyglossus, genus Zaglossus, Tachyglossus, Zaglossus

Encyclopedia: Echidna

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ecdysteroid
ecesis
ECF
ECG
échappé
echelon
Echeneididae
Echeneis
Echeneis naucrates
echeveria
echidna
Echidnophaga
Echidnophaga gallinacea
Echinacea
echinocactus
Echinocactus grusonii
Echinocereus
Echinochloa
Echinochloa crusgalli
Echinochloa frumentacea
echinococcosis