köken: Borrowed from New Latin echidna, from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”), or alternatively from Latin echīnus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”).
köken: Compound of mier (“ant”) + -en- + egel (“hedgehog”). Named after its resemblance to a hedgehog and its diet of ants and termites. First attested in the mid-nineteenth century.
köken: Compound of 針 (hari, “needle”) + 土竜 (mogura, “mole”). Compare the formation of 針鼠 (hari nezumi, “hedgehog”). Date of first attestation is uncertain. However, the animal is native to Australia and New Guinea, so this is probably a relatively recent coinage.
short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, the only surviving species in the taxonomic genus Tachyglossus. · Any of the four species of echidna in two taxonomic families Tachyglossus and Zaglossus, commonly known as spiny anteaters.
echidna, spiny anteater (any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea)
çekim: çoğul hangyászsünök
köken: From hangyász (“anteater”) + sün (“hedgehog”).