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单词 echidna
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•chid•na  (i kidnə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. MammalsAlso called spiny anteater. any 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.
  • Greek échidna, akin to échis viper
  • Neo-Latin (1798), origin, originally a genus name; Latin: serpent, Echidna a mythical creature which gave birth to the Hydra and other monsters

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
echidna /ɪˈkɪdnə/ n ( pl -nas, -nae / -niː/)
  1. any of the spine-covered monotreme mammals of the genera Tachyglossus of Australia and Zaglossus of New Guinea: family Tachyglossidae. They have a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
    Also called: spiny anteater
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from Latin: viper, from Greek ekhidna
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