echidna

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echidna (enc)

Noun	1.	echidna - New Guinea echidnas spiny anteater, anteater egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus - a genus of Tachyglossidae
	2.	echidna - burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites spiny anteater, anteater egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus - type genus of the family Tachyglossidae

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