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English noun: echidna

1. echidna (animal) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea


Synonymsanteater, spiny anteater


Broader (hypernym)egg-laying mammal, monotreme


Member meronymgenus Zaglossus, Zaglossus

2. echidna (animal) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia


Synonymsanteater, spiny anteater


Broader (hypernym)egg-laying mammal, monotreme


Member meronymgenus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus









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