Vocabulary : Echelon to Echinite
Echelon : An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. ;; An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or V formation. ;; To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon. ;; To take position in echelon.Echidna : A monster, half maid and half serpent. ;; A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.
Echidnine : The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.
Echinate : Alt. of Echinated
Echinated : Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
