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echidna (iou)



echidna noun. E19.
[mod. Latin Echidna former genus name from Greek ekhidna viper.]
Either of two spiny insectivorous monotreme mammals, Tachyglossus aculeatus (more fully short-nosed echidna), native to Australia and New Guinea, and Zaglossus bruijni (more fully long-nosed echidna), native to New Guinea. Also called spiny anteater.