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Monotreme

Monotreme Meaning & Definition
Monotreme Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Monotreme?

[n] the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria

Synonyms | Synonyms for Monotreme: egg-laying mammal

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See Also | anteater | duckbill | duckbilled platypus | duck-billed platypus | echidna | Ornithorhynchus anatinus | platypus | prototherian | spiny anteater

Monotreme In Webster's Dictionary

\Mon"o*treme\, n. [Cf. F. monotr[`e]me.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Monotremata.

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