echidna

1. Either of two nocturnal, burrowing, egg-laying mammals of the genera Tachyglossus and Zaglossus of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, having a spiny coat, slender snout, and an extensible sticky tongue used for catching insects. Also called spiny anteater.

2. A related mammal () of New Guinea having a longer snout and shorter spines.

3. A spiny-coated toothless burrowing nocturnal monotreme mammal () of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that has a long extensible tongue and long heavy claws and that feeds chiefly on ants.

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