Puggle

The noun echidna sense is derived from the verb: English settlers in Australia would puggle to get rabbits out of holes and sometimes find an echidna.

2000 November 11, Science Show: Echidnas, Australian Broadcasting Commission

Full definition of puggle

Verb

1. (UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about.
2. To poke around a hole with a stick.
• 1919, James Francis Hobart, Millwrighting, McGraw-Hill, %22puggling%22+-intitle:%22puggled|puggling%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22puggled%22|%22puggling%22+-intitle:%22puggled|puggling%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DnzwT9axHYjZigeUq4iZDQ&redir_esc=y page 222,He puggled around in the oil cavity with his little lead pencil until it slipped out of his fingers and went down into the oil cavity.
3. (Australia) To clean drains.

Noun

1. (chiefly Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
• 2003, Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management, %22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW3wT4HMDbC4iAe-nsWSDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22puggle%22|%22puggles%22%20-intitle%3A%22puggle|puggles%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,Larger furred/spined puggles can be held in a wooden box with shredded paper.
• 1970, Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia, Volume 1, %22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW3wT4HMDbC4iAe-nsWSDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22puggle%22|%22puggles%22%20-intitle%3A%22puggle|puggles%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 2488,The puggle, which grows rapidly, remains in the pouch until its spines are sufficiently developed that the mother must eject it.
• 2012, Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology, %22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW3wT4HMDbC4iAe-nsWSDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22puggle%22|%22puggles%22%20-intitle%3A%22puggle|puggles%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 498,Hatching takes 10 days; the young echidna, called a puggle, then sucks milk from the pores of two milk patches and remains in the pouch for 45 to 55 days, at which time the spines develop. The mother digs a nursery burrow and deposits the puggle, returning every 5 days to suckle it until it is weaned at 7 months.

From a blend of pug and beagle.

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Noun

1. (US) A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
• 2007 May, Vicki Constantine Croke, The Problem With Puggles, Prevention (magazine), %22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW3wT4HMDbC4iAe-nsWSDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22puggle%22|%22puggles%22%20-intitle%3A%22puggle|puggles%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 208,Jake Gyllenhaal and Sylvester Stallone are among the puggle lovers, but so are a slew of regular people who want in on the tawny, fawny, puppy-faced action and will pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the pleasure.
• 2009, Eve Adamson, Beagles, %22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW3wT4HMDbC4iAe-nsWSDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22puggle%22|%22puggles%22%20-intitle%3A%22puggle|puggles%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 12,Puggle proponents say these dogs have the very best qualities of both Beagles and Pugs: the Beagle′s cheerful friendliness, and the Pug′s lower activity level and laid-back attitude.
• 2009, Milwaukee Magazine, Volume 34, Issues 1-6, %22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22puggle%22|%22puggles%22+-intitle:%22puggle|puggles%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW3wT4HMDbC4iAe-nsWSDQ&redir_esc=y page 67,The menagerie for sale at this auction included two black puggles with hernias, a French bulldog with one ear, a 3-month old Yorkshire terrier with only one testicle and a badly bow-legged bulldog.