Echidna

echidna echidnă Translingual right|thumb|Echidna nebulosa species (snowflake moray) Etymology From mul grc Ἔχιδνα Echidna, from grc ἔχιδνα viper. Proper noun 1 f genus family Muraenidae some moray eels Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Echidna nebulosa species (snowflake moray) - type species; Echidna amblyodon species, Echidna catenata species (chain moray), Echidna delicatula species, Echidna leucotaenia species, Echidna nocturna species, Echidna peli species, Echidna polyzona species, Echidna rhodochilus species, Echidna unicolor species (unicolor moray), Echidna xanthospilos species - other species References Echidna (genus) Echidna (genus) 1 1 English + (mythology) thumb|Echidna depicted on a kylix, ca. 510 BCE Etymology From en grc Ἔχιδνα Echidna, from grc ἔχιδνα viper. Pronunciation en /ɪˈkɪd.nə/ /əˈkɪd.nə/ Proper noun en Greek mythology A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology. Horrible, hideous, and of hellish race, / Borne of the brooding of Echidna base, / Or other like infernall furies kinde […]. 5 11 Translations mythology Danish: da Echidna French: fr Échidna f Greenlandic: kl Echidna Hindi: hi एखिद्ना Hungarian: hu Ekhidna Inuktitut: iu ᐃᑭᑦᓇ Polish: pl Echidna f Russian: ru Эхидна f Ukrainian: uk Єхи́дна f Anagrams en acdehin chained