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Tachyglossidae

noun

echidnas

• Syn: ↑family Tachyglossidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Monotremata, ↑order Monotremata

• Member Meronyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷səˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tachyglossus, type genus + -idae

: a family of mammals (order Monotremata) consisting of the genera Tachyglossus and Zaglossus and comprising the echidnas

Useful english dictionary. 2012.