Found 2 items, similar to Echidna.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: echidna echidna n 1: New Guinea echidnas [syn: spiny anteater, anteater] 2: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: spiny anteater , anteater] [also: echidnae (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Echidna Echidna \E*chid"na\ ([-e]*k[i^]d"n[.a]), n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. 'e`chidna.] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]