Echidna

·noun A monster, half maid and half serpent.

II. Echidna ·noun 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.

echidna
ĕchidna, ae, f., = ἔχιδνα, I an adder , viper. The Furies were said to have them twined in their h...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
echidna
echidna ae, f , ἔχιδνα, an adder, viper.—Of the hair of a Fury, O.: Lernaea, the Lernaean hydra, O....

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
echidna
n. a fossorial Monotreme, in generalappearance resembling a Porcupine, and often called SpinyAnt-ea...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris