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noun

Echidna n.

(Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.

(Zoöl.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

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Etymology of 'Echidna'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... monster, daughter of Typhon and Echidna. She had the head, face, and breasts of a woman, the wings of a bird, the claws of a lion, and the body of a dog. She lived on mount Sphincius, infested the country about Thebes, and assaulted passengers, by proposing dark and enigmatical questions to ...

— Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology - For Classical Schools (2nd ed) • Charles K. Dillaway

Words linked to "Echidna" : egg-laying mammal, genus Zaglossus, genus Tachyglossus, spiny anteater, anteater, monotreme, Zaglossus, Tachyglossus