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monotreme

noun

mono·​treme ˈmä-nə-ˌtrēm How to pronounce monotreme (audio)
: any of an order (Monotremata) of egg-laying mammals comprising the platypuses and echidnas

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Content includes video, images, and questions designed to teach students about mammals, birds, primates, bears, reptiles, monotremes, marsupials and others. Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2020 Males of the Australian monotremes — egg-laying mammals — produce venom in their thighs during mating season and deliver the poison to competitors via hollow spurs just above their webbed feet.8. Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2018 The platypus is part of a small group of animals called monotremes, which lay eggs and produce milk to feed their young. Maria Clark, NOLA.com, 19 Mar. 2018 Around 80 million years later, the monotremes—or egg-laying mammals—split off from the mammalian lineage, says Rebecca Young, a biologist at the University of Texas at Austin. National Geographic, 30 July 2016 There are three kinds of mammals: egg-laying monotremes such as the platypus, marsupials like kangaroos and opossums, and the majority—placental, or eutherian, mammals—including humans and about 4400 other mammal species. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 June 2017 Though monotremes' fossil record is limited, some skulls have been found, such as the extinct Obdurodon dicksoni. National Geographic, 30 July 2016 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Monotremata, from Greek mon- + trēmat-, trēma hole — more at trematode

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of monotreme was in 1835

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