Echidna

From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muraenidae – some moray eels.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Elopomorpha - superorder; Anguilliformes - order; Anguilloidei - suborder; Muraenidae - family

• (genus): Echidna amblyodon, Echidna catenata, Echidna delicatula, Echidna leucotaenia, Echidna nebulosa, Echidna nocturna, Echidna peli, Echidna polyzona, Echidna rhodochilus, Echidna unicolor, Echidna xanthospilos (species)

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From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkɪd.nə/, /əˈkɪd.nə/

Echidna

1. (Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:

     Horrible, hideous, and of hellish race, / Borne of the brooding of Echidna base, / Or other like infernall furies kinde […].

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