| NOUN | animal | monotreme, egg-laying mammal | the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
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| Meaning | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria. | |
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| 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 | |
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