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noun Either of two nocturnal, burrowing, egg-laying mammals of the genera Tachyglossus and Zaglossus of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, having a spiny coat, slender snout, and an extensible sticky tongue used for catching insects. Also called spiny anteater.

E is for ECHIDNA Downunder, in Oz, there is a small, awfully cute monotreme known as the echidna. — F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 02 - February 2001
Thousands of miles to the east, we visit the New Guinea jungle, to find a spiny echidna, prowling the forest floor whilst the little known tree-house people live in fragile homes perched precariously in the highest branches. — Torrentreactor.Net
The lissencephalic brain of Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Insectivora and Chiroptera The anatomy of the cerebral cortex of the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) — Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
With more than 1,500 creatures on the 38-acre grounds in Fort Wayne, you�ll see such unusual creatures as a binturong, an ibis and an echidna.
With more than 1,500 creatures on the 38-acre grounds in Fort Wayne, you'll see such unusual creatures as a binturong, an ibis and an echidna.