Difference between echidna and porckupine
echidna
Definitions
noun
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
Examples
The Australian fossil record of monotremes also includes some quite good Miocene and Pleistocene fossils of giant echidnas.
Not for the first time it struck Buncan that Clothahump went through famuli the way an echidna went through termites.
It is curious, too, to note that echidnas also possess spurs but their venom gland is non-functional.
