Monotremata

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Noun

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Mon=o=tre=ma=ta

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Monotremata has 1 sense

monotremata(n = noun.animal) order monotremata - coextensive with the subclass Prototheria; Array

is a kind of animal order

is a member of prototheria, subclass prototheria

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Monotremata, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + hole.].

A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna. [1913 Webster]

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