echidna
nounHow many syllables in echidna?
There are 3 syllables in the word echidna.How to pronounce echidna:
Definition of echidna:
- echidna (noun):
- a related mammal (zaglossus bruijni) of new guinea having a longer snout and shorter spines
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.
- a spiny-coated toothless burrowing nocturnal monotreme mammal (tachyglossus aculeatus) of australia, tasmania, and new guinea that has a long extensible tongue and long heavy claws and that feeds chiefly on ants
Synonyms for echidna:
anteater
genus tachyglossus
monotreme
spiny anteater
tachyglossus
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