(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:40:20

Tach`y*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. quick + tongue.] Zool.

A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

 

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