Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun echidna

2 senses of echidna

Sense 1
echidna, spiny anteater, anteater -- (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea)
       => monotreme, egg-laying mammal -- (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)

Sense 2
echidna, spiny anteater, anteater -- (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia)
       => monotreme, egg-laying mammal -- (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)