monotreme (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *monotreme*:
NOUN	animal	monotreme, egg-laying mammal	the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria

English > *monotreme*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria.
Synonym	egg-laying mammal
Narrower	echidna, spiny anteater, anteater	A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
	echidna, spiny anteater, anteater	A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
	platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus	small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania / Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet
Broader	prototherian	Primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania / Tasmania and New Guinea
Spanish	monotrema, monotremata
Catalan	monotrema

HyperDic: monotreme