ECHIDNA


Meaning of ECHIDNA in English

noun see: ophitic Date: 1832 a spiny-coated toothless burrowing nocturnal monotreme mammal ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that has a long extensible tongue and long heavy claws and that feeds chiefly on ants

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