Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Echidna"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Echidna \E*chid"na\, n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.

2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

echidna
n 1: New Guinea echidnas [syn: {spiny anteater}, {anteater}]
2: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long
snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: {spiny
anteater}, {anteater}]

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