How to pronounce echidna
American English pronunciation
ih-KID-nuh
- IPA
- /ɪˈkɪdnə/
- Syllables
- ih · KID · nuh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What echidna means
A spiny, egg-laying mammal from Australia that eats ants
In a sentence: The echidna poked its long snout into the ant hill and licked up its lunch.
Where it comes from: Scientists coined it around 1811, likely from Echidna, a half-woman, half-snake monster in Greek myths. Early naturalists weren't sure what kind of animal it was.
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