How do you use Echidna in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like anteater or monotreme, plus the exact meaning.
Echidna meaning
Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
Using Echidna
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- Useful related words include: spiny anteater, anteater, monotreme, egg-laying mammal.
- In the example corpus, echidna often appears in combinations such as: the echidna, short-beaked echidna, echidna is.
Context around Echidna
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Echidna
- In this selection, "echidna" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, beaked, dead, odd, attack, voiced and goes stand out and add context to how "echidna" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the echidna attack until and animals intact echidna spines pencil. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "echidna" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with echidna
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The short-beaked echidna is featured on the Australian 5c piece. (11 words)
Australian creatures like the echidna and the koala are celebrated for their oddness. (13 words)
Notably, the two don't know about the Echidna attack until after the fact. (14 words)
Shadow (voiced by Keanu Reeves) is leaving a path of destruction through Tokyo, and Sonic the hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz), Tails the fox (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey), and Knuckles the echidna (voiced by Idris Elba) are called in to help. (42 words)
Wade makes a joke about how grapes seem like they’d be hard for Knuckles to eat, considering his hands are always covered in gloves, but the echidna is so into the tiny fruit that he doesn’t even acknowledge it. (41 words)
There is also, in some versions, reference to an episode where Heracles met and impregnated a half-serpentine woman, known as Echidna ; her children, known as the Dracontidae, were the ancestors of the House of Cadmus. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
The short-beaked echidna is featured on the Australian 5c piece.
Idris Elba reprises his role as Knuckles the Echidna in the action-adventure series, and the show will follow him on a new adventure as he meets new allies and faces new foes.
Notably, the two don't know about the Echidna attack until after the fact.
Shadow (voiced by Keanu Reeves) is leaving a path of destruction through Tokyo, and Sonic the hedgehog (voiced by Ben Schwartz), Tails the fox (voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey), and Knuckles the echidna (voiced by Idris Elba) are called in to help.
The dead echidna was still whole when it was regurgitated, suggesting it was only a recent kill by the three-metre-long shark.
The summer months bring special moments to those living in the Yarra Ranges as the short-beaked echidna goes about its day and can often be spotted clambering through backyards and trying to cross roads.
Wade makes a joke about how grapes seem like they’d be hard for Knuckles to eat, considering his hands are always covered in gloves, but the echidna is so into the tiny fruit that he doesn’t even acknowledge it.
New Sonic movie fan art imagines what Knuckles the Echidna could look like in live-action in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (assuming it happens).
Australian creatures like the echidna and the koala are celebrated for their oddness.
The couple has a large block with a vegetable garden and bushland surrounding their property which is home to vibrant birdlife and even the odd echidna.
Karoon Gas Australia has had its declaration of commerciality approved for the Echidna and Kangaroo discoveries in Brazil’s offshore Santos basin.
Other unusual matter observed in devil scats includes collars and tags of devoured animals, intact echidna spines, pencil, plastic and jeans.
There is also, in some versions, reference to an episode where Heracles met and impregnated a half-serpentine woman, known as Echidna ; her children, known as the Dracontidae, were the ancestors of the House of Cadmus.
Common combinations with echidna
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the echidna 7×
- short-beaked echidna 2×
- echidna is 2×
- echidna and 2×