Echidna

Definitions

1. A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
   Greek
2. 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.

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Examples

“Horrible, hideous, and of hellish race⟳, / Borne of the brooding of Echidna base⟳, / Or other like⟳ infernall furies kinde […].”

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