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monotreme
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monotreme \Mon"o*treme\, n. [Cf. F. monotr[`e]me.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Monotremata.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria [syn: egg-laying mammal ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context palynology of a pollen grain English) Having a single trema, or aperture. n. (context zoology English) A mammal that lays eggs and has a single urogenital and digestive orifice. Only the echidnas and platypuses are included in this group.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs ( Prototheria ) instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials ( Metatheria ) and placental mammals ( Eutheria ). The only surviving examples of monotremes are all indigenous to Australia and New Guinea , although ...
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Paleontologists in Australia have recently discovered the jawbone of a Cretaceous monotreme called Kollikodon ritchiei, 120 million years old.
Some of the most primitive mammals were the little-known multituberculates, who may have been ancestral to the monotremes or could have arisen independently.
Mammals, marsupials, monotremes, birds, reptiles, worms, insects, arachnids, crustaceans, planaria, nematodes, protists, fungi, even a horticultural center.
Mammals, marsupials, monotremes, birds, reptiles, worms, insects, arachnids, crustaceans, planaria, nematodes, protists, fungi, even a horticultural center.
Some of the most primitive mammals were the little-known multituberculates, who may have been ancestral to the monotremes or could have arisen independently.
The offspring may eventually be packaged for release within a protective eggshell, together with an energy supply in the form of yolkÂas in all birds, many reptiles, and monotreme mammals (the platypus and echidnas of Australia and New Guinea).