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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: echidnaOne entry found. Main Entry: echid·na Pronunciation: \i-ˈkid-nə\ Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, viper, from Greek — more at ophitic Date: 1832 : a spiny-coated toothless burrowing nocturnal monotreme mammal (Tachyglossus aculeatus) of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that has a long extensible tongue and long heavy claws and that feeds chiefly on ants; also : a related mammal (Zaglossus bruijni) of New Guinea having a longer snout and shorter spines 
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