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ECHIDNA
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Irregular inflected form: echidnae
I. (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 Australia
Synonyms:
anteater; echidna; spiny anteater
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
Synonyms:
anteater; echidna; spiny anteater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
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)
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