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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.