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Definitions for Monotreme
[1] any animal of the Monotremata, the most primitive order of mammals, characterized by certain birdlike and reptilian features, as hatching young from eggs, and having a single opening for the digestive, urinary, and genital organs, comprising only the duckbill and the echidnas of Australia and New Guinea.
[2] any mammal of the primitive order Monotremata, of Australia and New Guinea: egg-laying toothless animals with a single opening (cloaca) for the passage of eggs or sperm, faeces, and urine. The group contains only the echidnas and the platypus
Words nearby Monotreme
monotonic, monotonize, monotonous, monotony, monotrematous, monotreme, monotrichate, monotrichous, monotriglyph, monotropy, monotype
Origin of Monotreme
1825–35; < French monotrème < New Latin monotrema, assumed singular of Monotremata, neuter plural of monotrematus monotrematous
Word origin for Monotreme
C19: via New Latin from mono- + Greek trēma hole