echidna

See also Echidna, and echidnă

English

Wikipedia

An echidna

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕkĭdnä, IPA: /ʔəˈkɪdnə/, X-SAMPA: /?@"kIdn@/

Etymology

Through Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ekhidna). Compare ἐχῖνος (ekhinos, “hedgehog”).

Noun

echidna (plural echidnas or echidnae)

1. Any of the four species of small spined monotremes, also known as a spiny anteaters, found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

Synonyms

• spiny anteater
• bunning

Derived terms

• Attenborough's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi)
• Barton's Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni)
• cyclops Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi)
• eastern Long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni)
• long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus)
• short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus)
• short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus))
• Sir David's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi)
• western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni)

Translations

any of the four species of small spined monotremes

• Arabic: إيكيدنا (ar) ('ikiidna) f
• Armenian: եքիդնա (hy) (ek’idna)
• Catalan: equidna (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 針鼴 (cmn), 针鼹 (cmn) (zhēnyǎn)

• Croatian: kljunati ježak
• Danish: myrepindsvin (da)
• Darkinjung: kunyi
• Dutch: mierenegel (nl) m
• Esperanto: (♂♀) ekidno (eo), (♂) virekidno (eo), (neologism, ♂) ekidniĉo (eo), (♀) ekidnino (eo), (♂♀ offspring) ekidnido (eo), (♂ offspring) virekidnido (eo), (♀ offspring) ekidnidino (eo)
• Finnish: nokkasiili (fi)
• French: échidné (fr) m
• German: Ameisenigel (de) m, Schnabeligel (de) m, Echidna (de) f
• Gooniyandi: minaji
• Greek: έχιδνα (el) (échidna) f, αγκαθωτός μυρμηγκοφάγος (el) (agkathōtós myrmēgkofágos) m
• Guugu Yimidhirr: balin.ga

• Hebrew: הנמלים (he)
• Icelandic: mjónefur (is) m
• Ido: ekidno (io)
• Italian: echidna (it)
• Japanese: エキドナ (ja) (ekidona), ハリモグラ (ja) (harimogura)
• Korean: 가시두더지 (ko) (gasidudeoji), 바늘두더지 (ko) (baneuldudeoji)
• Latin: echidna (la)
• Navajo: adijiłii bíchį́į́hnézí
• Norwegian: maurpinnsvin (no)
• Polish: kolczatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: equidna (pt)
• Romanian: echidnă (ro) f, (rare) echidneu (ro)
• Russian: ехидна (ru) (jexídna) f
• Spanish: equidna (es)
• Swahili: mhanganungu (sw)
• Swedish: myrpiggsvin (sv) n
• Volapük: (♂♀) geidnad (vo), (♂) higeidnad (vo), (♀) jigeidnad (vo), (♂♀ offspring) geidnadül (vo), (♂ offspring) higeidnadül (vo), (♀ offspring) jigeidnadül (vo)

See also

• Tachyglossidae
• Tachyglossus
• Zaglossus
• piggibilla
• puggle

Anagrams

• chained

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Italian

Noun

echidna f (plural echidne)

1. echidna