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Echidna (disambiguation)

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Echidnas are Australian egg-laying mammals also known as spiny anteaters.

Echidna may also refer to:

  • Echidna (mythology), monster in Greek mythology and namesake of the mammal
  • (42355) Typhon I Echidna, the natural satellite of the asteroid 42355 Typhon
  • ECHIDNA, high-resolution neutron powder diffractometer at Australia's research reactor OPAL
  • Echidna (Re:Zero), a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
  • Echidna, character in the video game The Bouncer

Taxonomic genera

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  • Echidna (fish) J. R. Forster, 1788, a genus of moray eels
  • Echidna Cuvier, 1797, a junior homonym referring to the mammals commonly known as echidnas
  • Echidna Merrem, 1820, junior homonym for a genus of African snakes now treated as Bitis

See also

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