[W/K] :: Echidna

  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]

  echidna
       n 1: New Guinea echidnas [syn: spiny anteater, anteater]
       2: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long
          snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: spiny
          anteater, anteater]
       [also: echidnae (pl)]

  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).html">(ftp://cs.sfu.edu/pub/ecl/papers).
       
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          (1994-12-08)