Echidna Word Search
Play a Echidna word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: ECHIDNA, MONOTREME, PLATYPUS, NUMBAT, SPINES, SNOUT, BEAK, TONGUE, CLAWS, FEET, MILK, EGGS.
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Echidna word list, defined
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- ECHIDNA /ɪˈkɪdnə/ · noun
- A small egg-laying mammal native to Australia and New Guinea, covered in spines and equipped with a long sticky tongue for eating ants and termites; also called the spiny anteater. Related: spiny anteater.
- MONOTREME /ˈmɒnəˌtriːm/ (British); /ˈmɑːnəˌtriːm/ (US) · noun
- A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. The only living monotremes are the platypus and the echidnas. Related: egg-laying mammal, oviparous mammal.
- PLATYPUS /ˈplætəpəs/ · noun
- A semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal native to eastern Australia and Tasmania, with a broad, duck-like bill, webbed feet, and a beaver-like tail. It is the sole living species of its family and one of only five extant monotremes.
- NUMBAT /ˈnʌmbæt/ · noun
- A small, striped, insectivorous marsupial native to southwestern Australia, having a pointed snout and a long bushy tail. Numbats feed primarily on termites and are among the few marsupials active as dedicated termite hunters. Related: noombat, striped numbat.
- SPINES /spaɪnz/ · plural noun
- The plural of spine, referring either to the vertebral column or to a sharp, pointed projection on a plant, animal, or object. Related: backbones, vertebral columns, thorns, points.
- SNOUT /snaʊt/ · noun
- The forward-projecting muzzle of an animal, especially one with a prominent nose, such as a pig or dog. By extension, the word can refer disparagingly to a person's nose or face and, in British informal use, to a police informer. Related: muzzle, nose, proboscis, nostrils.
- BEAK /biːk/ · noun
- The hard, pointed projecting mouth of a bird, consisting of upper and lower jaws covered in keratin, used for eating, grooming, and manipulating objects. Informally, also any similar beak-like structure in other animals such as turtles, squid, or octopuses. Related: bill, neb, muzzle, snout.
- TONGUE /tʌŋ/ · noun
- The muscular organ in the mouth, used in tasting, chewing, and speech. By extension, a tongue can mean a person's language or speech, or a projecting part of an object such as a shoe or musical instrument. Related: language, speech, dialect, vernacular.
- CLAWS /klɔːz/ (British), /klɑːz/ (US) · noun (plural of claw); also verb (third-person singular of claw)
- The curved, pointed horny nails on the toes of animals such as cats, birds, and reptiles, used for gripping, tearing, or climbing; also a pincer-like limb of crustaceans. As a verb, to claw means to scratch, tear, or seize with claws or fingernails. Related: talons, nails, pincers, hooks.
- FEET /fiːt/ · noun
- Feet is the plural of "foot": the lower extremities of the leg in humans and animals, on which a person or animal stands and walks. It is also the plural of the unit of linear measurement equal to twelve inches. Related: tootsies, hooves.
- MILK /mɪlk/ · noun
- Milk is the whitish liquid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals and commonly consumed as a drink and food ingredient. The word also refers figuratively to nourishment, gentle treatment, or a mild disposition. Related: dairy, nourishment, sustenance.
- EGGS /ɛɡz/ · noun
- The oval reproductive bodies laid by birds, reptiles, fish, and insects, enclosed in a shell or membrane; especially a hen's egg eaten as food. Related: ova, spawn, roe.
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