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词汇 spiny anteater
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Definition of spiny anteater in English:

spiny anteater

noun
  • another term for echidna
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most recently, Sydney's mascots were: Millie, the spiny anteater; Syd, the duck-billed platypus; and Olly, the kookaburra bird.
    • There are only three living monotremes, the duck-billed platypus and two species of echidna, or ‘spiny anteaters’, such as the one shown at right.
    • A distant relative of today's spiny anteater, the species lived about 106 million years ago alongside dinosaurs in what is now Australia.
    • The platypus and its relative, the spiny anteater (the echidna), excited his curiosity because they were the only two species left of the egg-laying mammals, the monotremes.
    • Older Australians often refer to them as spiny anteaters, a name out of vogue for over a decade.
    • The two living species of echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters, occur only in Australia and New Guinea.
    • Photographed clutching a spiny anteater with the same alacrity that he might hold a non-alcoholic beer, this may not be Harry's only prickly encounter in Australia.
    • The only living descendants of monotremes are the strange duck-billed platypus of Australia and two species of spiny anteaters, or echidnas.

Definition of spiny anteater in US English:

spiny anteater

nounˈspīnē ˈan(t)ˌēdərˈspaɪni ˈæn(t)ˌidər
  • another term for echidna
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are only three living monotremes, the duck-billed platypus and two species of echidna, or ‘spiny anteaters’, such as the one shown at right.
    • The platypus and its relative, the spiny anteater (the echidna), excited his curiosity because they were the only two species left of the egg-laying mammals, the monotremes.
    • A distant relative of today's spiny anteater, the species lived about 106 million years ago alongside dinosaurs in what is now Australia.
    • Most recently, Sydney's mascots were: Millie, the spiny anteater; Syd, the duck-billed platypus; and Olly, the kookaburra bird.
    • Photographed clutching a spiny anteater with the same alacrity that he might hold a non-alcoholic beer, this may not be Harry's only prickly encounter in Australia.
    • Older Australians often refer to them as spiny anteaters, a name out of vogue for over a decade.
    • The only living descendants of monotremes are the strange duck-billed platypus of Australia and two species of spiny anteaters, or echidnas.
    • The two living species of echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters, occur only in Australia and New Guinea.
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