echidna

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

echidna
    n 1: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having
         a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;
         native to New Guinea [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater},
         {anteater}]
    2: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a
       long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to
       Australia [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater}, {anteater}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Echidna \E*chid"na\ ([-e]*k[i^]d"n[.a]), n. [L., a viper, adder,
   Gr. 'e`chidna.]
   1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Echidna

   {Constraint logic programming} embedded in an
   {object-oriented} language.  The {syntax} is an extension of
   {Edinburgh Prolog}.

   ["Hierarchical Arc Consistency Applied to Numeric Processing
   in Constraint Logic Programming", G. Sidebottom et al,
   TR-91-06, CSS-IS, Simon Fraser U, and Comp Intell 8(4)
   (1992)].

   (ftp://cs.sfu.edu/pub/ecl/papers).

   E-mail: <[email protected]>.

   (1994-12-08)

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