লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
echidna
This term refers specifically to the monotremes of the genus Tachyglossus and Zaglossus. In a biological context, it is often grouped with the platypus to illustrate the rare phenomenon of egg-laying mammals, making it a primary example in zoological discussions regarding evolutionary biology.
While the word is primarily used in scientific and natural history contexts, it carries a connotation of curiosity and uniqueness due to the animal's unusual physical characteristics. It is almost exclusively used as a common noun in a descriptive or educational register.
Meanings
Examples
The echidna is one of the few mammals that lays eggs.
Look over there by the scrub, I think that is an echidna.
An echidna uses its long snout to find ants and termites.
I wonder if the echidna feels pain when its spines are touched.
The short-beaked echidna is common across most of Australia.
The echidna curls into a ball to protect its soft belly from predators.
We saw a mother echidna with her puggle in the wild.