Echidna Definition
ĭ-kĭdnə
echidnas
noun
echidnas
Any of a family (Tachyglossidae) of small, toothless Australasian monotremes with a long, tapering snout and a sticky, extensible tongue; spiny anteater.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
(Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
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Other Word Forms of Echidna
Noun
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echidna
Plural:
echidnae, echidnasOrigin of Echidna
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Through Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ekhidna). Compare ἐχῖνος (ekhinos, “hedgehog”).
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From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ekhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ekhidna, “viper”)
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Latin adder, viper from Greek ekhidna from ekhis
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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