echidna

Pronunciation:		i'kidnu
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Matching Terms:		echidnine, echidnophaga, echidnophaga gallinacea
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [n] New Guinea echidnas

	Synonyms:	anteater, spiny anteater

	See Also:	egg-laying mammal, genus Tachyglossus, genus Zaglossus, monotreme, Tachyglossus, Zaglossus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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}.

Computing Dictionary

	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: <expert@cs.sfu.edu>.