Difference between revisions of "Echidna"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_114490" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; - called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72722" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72722" /> == | ||
<p> A fabulous monster that figures in the | <p> A fabulous monster that figures in the Greek mythology, half-woman, half-serpent, the mother of Cerberus, the Lernean Hydra, the Chimæra, the Sphinx, the Gorgons, the Nemean Lion, the vulture that gnawed the liver of Prometheus, &c. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_114490"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/echidna Echidna from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72722"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/echidna Echidna from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72722"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/echidna Echidna from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:18, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; - called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
(2): ( n.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A fabulous monster that figures in the Greek mythology, half-woman, half-serpent, the mother of Cerberus, the Lernean Hydra, the Chimæra, the Sphinx, the Gorgons, the Nemean Lion, the vulture that gnawed the liver of Prometheus, &c.
