English-Thai Dictionary
echidna
N ตัวตุ่น สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม ของ ออสเตรเลีย กิน แมลง มี จมูก ยาว มี ขน หยาบ และ หนาม ยาว spiny anteater tua-tun
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ECHIDNA
E *chid "na, n. Etym: [L., a viper, adder, Gr.
1. (Gr. Myth. )
Defn: A monster, half maid and half serpent.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
New American Oxford Dictionary
echidna
e chid na |əˈkidnə əˈkɪdnə | ▶noun a spiny insectivorous egg-laying mammal with a long snout and claws, native to Australia and New Guinea. Also called spiny anteater. [Family Tachyglossidae, order Monotremata: two genera and species, in particular Tachyglossus aculeatus. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ekhidna ‘viper, ’ also the name of a mythical creature that gave birth to the many-headed Hydra; compare with ekhinos ‘sea urchin, hedgehog. ’
Oxford Dictionary
echidna
echidna |ɪˈkɪdnə | ▶noun a spiny insectivorous egg-laying mammal with a long snout and claws, native to Australia and New Guinea. Also called spiny anteater. ●Family Tachyglossidae, order Monotremata: two genera and species. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek ekhidna ‘viper ’, also the name of a mythical creature which gave birth to the Hydra; compare with ekhinos ‘sea urchin, hedgehog ’.
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