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Defenition of the word echidna

    • Defenition of the word echidna

      • Echidnas, also known as "spiny anteaters", are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus.
      • burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
      • New Guinea echidnas
      • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
      • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

    Synonyms for the word echidna

      • ameisenigel
      • anteater
      • schnabeligel
      • spiny anteater

    Meronymys for the word echidna

      • genus Tachyglossus
      • genus Zaglossus
      • Tachyglossus
      • Zaglossus

    Hypernyms for the word echidna

      • egg-laying mammal
      • monotreme

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