Echidna
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).
Proper nounEdit
Echidna f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Muraenidae – some moray eels.
HypernymsEdit
- (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
HyponymsEdit
- (genus): Echidna nebulosa (snowflake moray) - type species; Echidna amblyodon, Echidna catenata (chain moray), Echidna delicatula, Echidna leucotaenia, Echidna nocturna, Echidna peli, Echidna polyzona, Echidna rhodochilus, Echidna unicolor (unicolor moray), Echidna xanthospilos - other species
ReferencesEdit
- Echidna (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Echidna on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Echidna on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Echidna
- (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 […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11: