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Meanings of echidna in English
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.
Synonyms
Examples for "anteater"
Examples for "anteater"
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The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
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A sort of anteater called a tamandua uses the ex-burrow as a nursery.
3
Snuffy is Petra's stuffed anteater, which she sleeps with each night.
4
They've got the mug of an anteater and the spines of a porcupine.
5
Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
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Also known as spiny anteaters, they're small, solitary mammals native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
Usage of echidna in English
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The function and molecular composition of echidna venom is as yet unknown.
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The long tubular nose of the echidna is the vital spot.
3
There's four species, including one in Australia called the short-beaked echidna.
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However, the female echidna has only a paired vagina, so why the mismatch?
5
A strange process marks the start of echidna breeding season.
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The echidna is altogether a different sort of creature, both in appearance and habits.
7
Then again, you could argue the proposed opera house more closely resembles an echidna.
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Four peptides found in the venom of the platypus were detected in the echidna transcriptome.
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It's a weapon that signals a shift in Australia's thinking to one of an 'echidna' strategy.
10
A rare albino echidna has been released after being rescued on the outskirts of Canberra, Australia.
11
Who is the first Masked Singer to be revealed for 2020 hiding under the echidna mask?
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In another possible adaptation for sperm competition, echidna sperm form bundles that swim faster than individual sperm cells.
13
In June, 2014, Mr MacDiamid told a Senate committee that producing each little echidna coin cost six cents.
14
The sloth & the echidna sleep most of the time, while the marmoset clings desperately to its cage.
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There are two genera of echidna.
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Though the drawings in caves depict lizards, echidna, turtle and men, there is no representation of kangaroo or wallaby.
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Translations for echidna
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Echidna through the time