echidna: Meaning and Definition of

e•chid•na

Pronunciation: (i-kid'nu), [key]
— n.
  1. Also calledany of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.
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