echidna

e·chid·na

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ih-kid-nuh]
- /ɪˈkɪd nə/
- /ɪˈkɪd.nə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ih-kid-nuh]
- /ɪˈkɪd nə/

Definitions of echidna word

noun echidna Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines. 1
noun echidna A spiny insectivorous egg-laying mammal with a long snout and claws, native to Australia and New Guinea. 1
noun Technical meaning of echidna Constraint logic programming embedded in an object-oriented language. The syntax is an extension of Edinburgh Prolog. E-mail: <[email protected]>. 1
noun echidna any of the spine-covered monotreme mammals of the genera Tachyglossus of Australia and Zaglossus of New Guinea: family Tachyglossidae. They have a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites 0
noun echidna any of a family (Tachyglossidae) of small, toothless Australasian monotremes with a long, tapering snout and a sticky, extensible tongue; spiny anteater 0
noun echidna Any of the species of small spined monotremes in family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea. 0

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echidna popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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