echidna

英式发音 [ɪ'kɪdnə] 美式发音 [ɪ'kɪdnə]

一般意思：

n.[动]单孔目哺乳动物,针鼹鼠

完整意思：

a mammal resembling a hedgehog but having a long snout and sticky tongue for catching ants and termites；a small wormlike alchemical creature supposed to be able to stinge fatally；a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites.

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造句：

1. Theechidnais one of only five surviving species of monotremes, along with the platypus.
2. Theechidnauses its snout to sniff out its prey and then uses its long sticky tongue to catch ants and termites.

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