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ECHIDNA (echidnae)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does echidna mean? 

ECHIDNA (noun)
  The noun ECHIDNA has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: ECHIDNA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ECHIDNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anteater; echidna; spiny anteater

Hypernyms ("echidna" is a kind of...):

egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)

Holonyms ("echidna" is a member of...):

genus Zaglossus; Zaglossus (a genus of Tachyglossidae)


Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anteater; echidna; spiny anteater

Hypernyms ("echidna" is a kind of...):

egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)

Holonyms ("echidna" is a member of...):

genus Tachyglossus; Tachyglossus (type genus of the family Tachyglossidae)


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