单词 | echidna |
释义 | Echidnan. Zoology. A genus of Australian toothless burrowing monotremate mammals (family Echidnidæ), resembling hedgehogs in size and external appearance. In several points their structure is allied to that of birds. The best known species is E. Hystrix, the Porcupine Ant-eater. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna anteater1792 porcupine anteater1799 porcupine1803 spiny ant-eater1827 Echidna1847 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §320 The Echidna, or Porcupine Ant-eater..is about the size and form of a Hedgehog. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1847 |
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