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 Definitions of monotreme  [ˈmɒn əˌtrim]  

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Definition of 'monotreme' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) monotreme
any egg-laying mammal of the order Monotremata, comprising only the duckbill and the echidnas of Australia and New Guinea.

Etymology:  (1825–35; < F monotrème < NL monotrematus=mono-mono - +-trematus -holed, adj. use of Gk trêma, s. trēmat- hole, perforation; see -ous)

Definition of 'monotreme' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) monotreme, egg-laying mammal
the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
Definition of 'monotreme' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) monotreme
one of the Monotremata

'monotreme' - Nearby Entries  

monotonously  monotony  monotremata  monotreme  monotropa  monotropa hypopithys  monotropaceae  



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