Source : WordNet®

echidnae
     See {echidna}

echidna
     n 1: New Guinea echidnas [syn: {spiny anteater}, {anteater}]
     2: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long
        snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: {spiny
        anteater}, {anteater}]
     [also: {echidnae} (pl)]