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echid·na (ē kid′nə)

noun

any of a family (Tachyglossidae) of small, toothless Australasian monotremes with a long, tapering snout and a sticky, extensible tongue; spiny anteater

Etymology: ModL < L, adder, viper < Gr, ult. < IE base *eĝhi-, snake > Ger egel, leech

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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