Meaning of ECHIDNA
| Pronunciation: | | i'kidnu
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- [n] burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
- [n] New Guinea echidnas
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| | Synonyms: | | anteater, spiny anteater |
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| | See Also: | | egg-laying mammal, genus Tachyglossus, genus Zaglossus, monotreme, Tachyglossus, Zaglossus | |
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| | Definition: | |  Echidna
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*chid"na\, n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Constraint logic programming embedded in an object-oriented language. The syntax is an extension of Edinburgh Prolog. ["Hierarchical Arc Consistency Applied to Numeric Processing in Constraint Logic Programming", G. Sidebottom et al, TR-91-06, CSS-IS, Simon Fraser U, and Comp Intell 8(4) (1992)]. E-mail: <[email protected]>. |
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