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1. echidna
   [n] - New Guinea echidnas 2. [n] - burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
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2. Echidna
   E·chid'na (e*kĭd'nȧ) noun [ Latin , a viper, adder, Greek 'e`chidna .] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. 2. (Zoology) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Ta...
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3. echidna
   1. A monster, half maid and half serpent. ... 2. <zoology> 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) ...
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4. Echidna
   • (n.) 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. • (n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
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5. Echidna
   monster of Greek mythology, half woman, half serpent. Her parents were either the sea deities Phorcys and Ceto (according to Hesiod`s Theogony) or ...
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6. echidna
   any of three species of peculiar egg-laying mammals from Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that eat and breathe through a bald, tubular beak ... [3 related articles]
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7. Echidna
   Echidna is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Mythical Monster` The name Echidna doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Echidna seems to be unique!
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8. Echidna
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9. echidna
   echidna (ikid'nu) or spiny anteater,primitive animal of the order Monotremata, the egg-laying mammals. A short-legged, grayish brown animal, the echidna is covered with sharp quills and can protect itself by rolling into a tight bristly ball. It may reach 18 in. (46 cm) in length. Padded soles a...
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10. Echidna
    Echidna: see Typhon.
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11. Echidna
    The echidna, spiny anteater or porcupine anteater is two genera of egg-laying, burrowing, nocturnal mammals of the family Tachyglossidae. They have no teeth, but a long extensile tongue. The echidna in size and general appearance resemble a large hedgehog, excepting that the spines are longer, and t...
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12. echidna
    Toothless, egg-laying, spiny mammal of the order Monotremata, found in Australia and New Guinea. There are two species: Tachyglossus aculeatus, the short-nosed echidna, and the rarer Zaglossus bruijni, the long-nosed echidna. They feed entirely up...
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13. Echidna
    ), also known as `spiny anteaters`, belong to the Family (biology)|family `Tachyglossidae` in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals. There are four extant species, which, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of that order and are the only extant mammals that lay eggs. Altho...
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14. Echidna
    (mythology) In Greek mythology, `Echidna` (Greek: Ἔχιδνα, ekhis, ἔχις, meaning "she viper") was half woman half snake, known as the "Mother of All Monsters" because most of the monsters in Greek myth were mothered by her. In The...
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15. Echidna
    (genus) `Echidna` is a genus of moray eels in the family Muraenidae. Species: In addition to the species listed below, the zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) has sometimes been included in Echidna. References:
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