| NOUN | animal | echidna, spiny anteater, anteater | a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
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| animal | echidna, spiny anteater, anteater | a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
| Sounds | ihkih'dnah | |
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| Rhymes | Altoona ... zona: 128 rhymes with nah... | |
| Meaning | A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea. | |
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| Synonyms | spiny anteater, anteater | |
| Member of | Zaglossus, genus Zaglossus | A genus of Tachyglossidae |
| Broader | monotreme, egg-laying mammal | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
| Spanish | oso hormiguero espinoso, oso hormiguero, tachyglossidae | |
| Catalan | equidna | |
| Meaning | A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia. | |
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| Synonyms | spiny anteater, anteater | |
| Member of | Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus | type genus of the family Tachyglossidae |
| Broader | monotreme, egg-laying mammal | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
| Spanish | equidna, oso hormiguero | |
| Catalan | equidna, ós formiguer | |
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