έχιδνα — meaning in English

English meaning

• adder noun A small venomous snake found across Europe, including Britain, marked with a dark zigzag pattern down its back.
• echidna noun A small, spiny, egg-laying mammal native to Australia and New Guinea, related to the platypus.
• viper noun A venomous snake, especially one of the family that includes adders and rattlesnakes.

Senses

έχιδνα is used for these senses in English:

• echidna 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.
• viper A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

adder — full definition

1. noun A small venomous snake found across Europe, including Britain, marked with a dark zigzag pattern down its back.
2. noun A person or device that performs addition.

Related Greek words