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Tachyglossus

noun

type genus of the family Tachyglossidae

• Syn: ↑genus Tachyglossus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑echidna, ↑spiny anteater, ↑anteater

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\\-səs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from tachy- + Greek glōssa tongue — more at gloss

: the type genus of Tachyglossidae including all the Australian echidnas — compare zaglossus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.