echidnas

n. burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites (Zoology)

For other senses of this word, see echidna (disambiguation). Echidnas, , sometimes also referred to as "spiny anteaters", are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus. The four surviving species, native to New Guinea and Australia, all belong to the Tachyglossidae family. The echidna is named after a  monster in ancient Greek mythology.
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Constraint logic programming embedded in an object-oriented language. The syntax is an extension of Edinburgh Prolog.
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