echidna

الإنجليزية - التركية

تعريف echidna في الإنجليزية التركية القاموس.: dikenli karıncayiyen

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تعريف echidna في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: she-viper, a female monster; Any of the four species of small spined monotremes, also known as a spiny anteaters, found in Australia and southern New Guinea; (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Any of several nocturnal, burrowing, egg-laying mammals of the genera Tachyglossus and Zaglossus of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, having a spiny coat, slender snout, and an extensible sticky tongue used for catching insects. Also called spiny anteater; burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites New Guinea echidnas; They are toothless and covered with spines; called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater; {i} burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites (Zoology); A monster, half maid and half serpent; A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea; New Guinea echidnas; A Greek myth; or spiny anteater any of three species of egg-laying mammals (monotremes) of the family Tachyglossidae. Echidnas are stocky and virtually tailless. They have strong-clawed feet and spines on the upper part of the brownish body. The snout is narrow, the mouth very small, and the tongue long and sticky for feeding on termites, ants, and other invertebrates in the soil. The short-beaked echidna common in Australia and Tasmania is 12-21 in. (30-53 cm) long. Two species of long-beaked echidna live only on the island of New Guinea. They are 18-31 in. (45-78 cm) long and have a prominent downward-pointing snout. They are valued for their meat and are declining in numbers. Echidnas exude milk from mammary openings on the skin, and the young lap it up. See also anteater; pangolin; hedgehog; bunning
Sir David's long-beaked echidna: A species of long-beaked echidna, scientific name Zaglossus attenboroughi