Word "ECHIDNA" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
Synonyms:
anteater, spiny anteater

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
Synonyms:
anteater, spiny anteater

Crossword Clues for ECHIDNA

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Monotreme sometimes known as the spiny anteater (7)
Egg-laying mammal can hide when disturbed
Spine-covered anteatel (7)
Enchilada Al left out for the animal (7)
Knuckles, in "Sonic the Hedgehog"
Chained excited animal (7)
Chained wild animal
Aztec hid name of southern hemisphere monotreme (7)
Animal emerging from hacienda, endlessly barking The Telegraph Cryptic 02 May 2025
Aztec hid nail scissors from the Australian (7)
Anteater can hide perhaps (7)
Unchained spiny anteater (7)
Monster cycling over tail of stricken American animal The Times Cryptic 13 Mar 2025
The anteater can hide all over the place (7)
Long-beaked ___, critter (7)
Australian mammal is chained, appallingly (7)
Spiky anteater (7)
He's spiny and has a hand of ice!
Spiny anteater cruelly chained (7)
Spiny monotreme (7)
Spiky creature on back of 5-cent coin
Spiky marsupial (7)
Anteater cruelly chained (7)
Animal is chained, unfortunately (7)
Animal character from Greece captured by Dame
Chained up animal that preys on colonists The Times Sunday Cryptic 27 Oct 2024
For the platypus, and which other animal, is the young a puggle? (7)
Spine-covered monotreme mammal of Australia and New Guinea
Mammal also called a spiny anteater (7)
Sonic's friend Knuckles, for one
Mammal also called spiny anteater (7)
Spine-covered mammal of Australia and New Guinea, which has a long snout and hunts ants and termites (7)
Spiny anteater Premier Sunday 14 Jul 2024
Animal chained to rock
Egg-laying mammal New York Times 07 Jul 2024
A creature such as Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog games (7)
Egg-laying mammal covered in spines
Hide can confuse anteater (7)
Unusual layer cake ultimately placed on plates perhaps cracked by daughter The Telegraph Toughie 20 Jun 2024
Chained unruly animal (7)
Spine-covered, insectivorous, egg-laying mammal (7)
Mammal chained to rock (7) Puzzler Cryptic 26 May 2024
Contingent of Quebec hid native egg-layer
Had nice cooked Australian animal (7)
Australian native animal known as the spiny anteater
Animal cruelly chained (7) Puzzler Cryptic 14 Apr 2024
Creature also known as a spiny anteater
Anteater, all chained up cruelly (7)
In speech I'd name antipodean hedgehog (7)
Anteater from down under chained up roughly (7)
Spiny anteater disturbed can hide (7)
Spiny anteater Universal 26 Feb 2024
Insect-eating monotreme of Australia and New Guinea also known as the spiny anteater; family Tachyglossidae, four species (7)
Wrongly chained the anteater (7)
Can hide another burrowing animal (7)
Layer of eastern porcelain broken by daughter
Spiny anteater can hide in ruins The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Dec 2023
Spiny anteater can hide in ruins (7)
Spiny anteater can hide when disturbed The Times Cryptic 11 Aug 2023
Egg layer had nice waves The Guardian Cryptic 28 Jul 2023
Strange-looking creature concealed itself, covered in nasty acne The Times Cryptic 21 Jul 2023
Egg-laying mammal LA Times Daily 16 Jul 2023
Egg-laying mammal The Times Concise 19 Jun 2023
Creature dwelling primarily in eastern China The Times Cryptic 31 May 2023
Spiny insectivore The Guardian Speedy 08 Jan 2023
Spiny egg-laying mammal The Times Concise 02 Dec 2022
Chained wild animal eating ants The Guardian Quiptic 24 Oct 2022
Spiny Australian mammal The Times Concise 11 Oct 2022
Prickly character criticised nationalist answer on energy The Guardian Cryptic 31 Aug 2022
Prickly character criticised nationalist answer on energy
Spiny anteater Premier Sunday 27 Mar 2022
Mother of Sphinx and an Australian native
Creature camouflaged in ball turned over, not dead The Guardian Cryptic 14 Oct 2021
Creature camouflaged in ball turned over, not dead
Spiny insectivore The Times Concise 10 Apr 2021
English buddy welcoming days one may eat grub
Greek character embraced by female creature
European in Chad mistreated mammal The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jan 2021
Spiny anteater Universal 17 Nov 2020
Burrowing animal can hide all over the place
Spiny anteater concealed in tangled cane
Eastern mate defends daughter, a spiky thing The Telegraph Toughie 02 Oct 2020
Spiny Australian mammal The Times Concise 25 Jul 2020
Forest creature can hide bananas The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jul 2020
English companion with writer recalled Oz native
Initially excited conservationist has isolated genetic code for odd beast
In speech I'd name an egg-laying mammal
Australian mammal chained, unfortunately
Australian egg-laying spiny anteater The Telegraph General Knowledge 24 Mar 2019
Animal identified by expedition's leader on day in country
This animal can hide if confused The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jan 2019
Animal identified by expedition's leader on day in country
Insectivore from East died, eaten by mate
2 that might be chained
Oz native's daughter visiting European country
Spiny mammal The Times Concise 23 May 2018
European bird finally caught by Asian land mammal
Anteater chained up
Mammal chained to rock The Sun Two Speed 13 Feb 2018
Spiny anteater The Sun Two Speed 22 Dec 2017
Spiny anteater chained awkwardly The Sun Two Speed 22 Dec 2017
Cain -- he'd turned into a beast The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Nov 2017
Australian beast chained up
Girl outside scolded one that takes in workers
Insectivore finally found in East Asian country
Spiny egg-laying Australian mammal The Times Concise 05 Jul 2017
Insectivore concealed in cane abroad
Insectivorous mammal The Times Concise 10 Mar 2017
Egg-laying mammal Newsday 03 Mar 2017
Spiny creature's concealed amongst cane, camouflaged The Telegraph Toughie 30 Nov 2016
Spiny anteater Newsday 29 Jan 2016
Anteater with spines The Washington Post 11 Jan 2016
Animal's hide can upset The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Aug 2015
Egg-laying mammal
Exotic creature beginning to haunt one in wild dance
Greek character embraced by female creature
Creature‘s energy, life force and cycles
Spiny anteater
Australian anteater
Egg layer with spines
Egg-laying mammal
Egg-laying mammal
Spiny anteater
Hedgehog look-alike
Egg-laying mammal
Hedgehog look-alike
Spiny anteater
Animal that's fond of 84-Across
Spiny anteater
Spiny egg-laying mammal.
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