"Echidna" meaning in All languages combined

See Echidna on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ɪˈkɪd.nə/, /əˈkɪd.nə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἔχιδνα||Echidna}} Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Echidna
  1. (Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology. Wikipedia link: Echidna (mythology) Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Translations (mythology): Echidna (Danish), Échidna [feminine] (French), Echidna (Greenlandic), ᐃᑭᑦᓇ (ikitna) (Inuktitut), Эхидна (Exidna) [feminine] (Russian)

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|Ἔχιδνα||Echidna}} Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Echidna|nogendercat=1}} Echidna f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muraenidae – some moray eels. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Echidna-mul-name-lMqjjdsD Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Actinopterygii (english: superclass), Teleostei (english: family) [class], Elopomorpha (english: superorder), Anguilliformes (english: order), Anguilloidei (english: suborder), Muraenidae (english: family) Hyponyms (genus): Echidna nebulosa (alt: snowflake moray) (english: type species), Echidna amblyodon, Echidna catenata (english: chain moray), Echidna delicatula, Echidna leucotaenia, Echidna nocturna, Echidna peli, Echidna polyzona, Echidna rhodochilus, Echidna unicolor (alt: unicolor moray), Echidna xanthospilos (english: other species)
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