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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 E·chid·na n.
 1. Gr. Myth. A monster, half maid and half serpent.
 2. Zoöl. 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.