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Definition of Echidnas

Echidna
Echidna E*chid"na, n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. ?.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Echidnas from wikipedia

- puggles. Echidnas evolved between 20 and 50 million years ago, descending from a platypus-like monotreme. This ancestor was aquatic, but echidnas adapted...
- Perth Zoo managed to breed some captive short-beaked echidnas, and in 2015 the first zoo-born echidnas were successfully bred there. Until 2006, only five...
- Look up echidna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Echidnas are Australian egg-laying mammals also known as spiny anteaters. Echidna may also refer to:...
- related platypus, echidnas have spurs on their hind legs. Unlike the platypus, echidna spurs are not venomous. All eastern long-beaked echidnas start with spurs...
- The long-beaked echidnas (genus Zaglossus) make up one of the two extant genera of echidnas: there are three extant species, all living in New Guinea...
- deriving from the same echidna bloodline, both hold equal claim to ruling over the Floating Island's echidna po****ce. All echidnas, however, are united...
- Longclaw are attacked by a native clan of Echidnas. Co-writer Pat Casey has since stated that they are Echidnas within Sonic's world, thus confirming Knuckles's...
- The western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii) is one of the four extant echidnas and one of three species of Zaglossus that occurs in New Guinea...
- by local communities to educate the Papuan people about the endangered echidnas in an effort to stop the common tradition of hunting and killing the creature...
- In Gr**** mythology, Echidna (/ɪˈkɪdnə/; Gr****: Ἔχιδνα, translit. Ékhidna, lit. "she-viper", pronounced [ékʰidna]) was a monster, half-woman and half-snake...