echidna – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
echidna
n.
burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites (Zoology)
Echidna
Echidnas , sometimes known as
spiny anteaters, belong to the
family Tachyglossidae in the
monotreme order of
egg-laying
mammals. The four
extant species, together with the
platypus, are the only surviving members of the Monotremata
order and are the only living mammals that lay eggs. Their diet consists of ants and termites, but they are not closely related to the
true anteaters of the
Americas. Echidnas live in
Australia and
New Guinea.
echidna
Noun
1. New Guinea echidnas
(synonym) spiny anteater, anteater
(hypernym) monotreme, egg-laying mammal
(member-holonym) Zaglossus, genus Zaglossus
2. burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
(synonym) spiny anteater, anteater
(hypernym) monotreme, egg-laying mammal
(member-holonym) Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus
Echidna
(n.)
A monster, half maid and half serpent.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Echidna
[Greek] Echidna is the hideous mate of Typhon and the daughter of Ceto. She has the head of a beautiful nymph, but the body of a serpent. Zeus spared her and her children's lives as challenges to futures heroes. Echidna's children are the Nemean Lion, Cerberus, Ladon, Chimera, Sphinx, and Hydra.
