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echidnas

echidnas is the plural of echidna.

Meaning of echidna

Noun

echidna (plural echidnas or echidnae)

  1. Any of the small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

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Phrases with echidnas

Questions about echidnas

What is echidnas the plural of?
Echidnas is the plural of echidna.

Words near echidnas in the dictionary

  1. Echevestes
  2. Echezuria
  3. Echezurias
  4. echidna
  5. echidnae
  6. echidnas
  7. echidnase
  8. echidnin
  9. echidnine
  10. Echikunwoke
  11. echimyid

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