echidna
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New GuineaSynonyms: spiny anteateranteater
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to AustraliaSynonyms: spiny anteateranteater
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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: <expert@cs.sfu.edu>.
(1994-12-08)