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Meaning of MONOTREME

Pronunciation:  'mânu`treem

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
 
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 Synonyms: egg-laying mammal
 
 See Also: anteater, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, echidna, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, prototherian, spiny anteater

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mon"o*treme\, n. [Cf. F. monotr[`e]me.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Monotremata.
 

 

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