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Definition of Monotremata
1. Noun. Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Prototheria, Subclass Prototheria
Member holonyms: Family Tachyglossidae, Tachyglossidae, Family Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchidae
Definition of Monotremata
1. n. pl. 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.
Medical Definition of Monotremata
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Monotremata
Literary usage of Monotremata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"... Remedy for Exophthalmic Goitre—Scientific Teetotalism—The Cerebral Commissures
in the Marsu- piala and monotremata—Cases Treated by Psycho-Theraphy—A ..."
2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The first and lowest order of t Mammalia is that of the monotremata, containing
only two genera, both belonging to Australia—namely, ..."
3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"ORDER I. monotremata.—The first and lowest order of the Mammalia is that of the
monotremata, containing only two genera, both belonging to Australia—namely, ..."
4. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"They may be divided into monotremata and ... monotremata. Male and female orifices
united; ... monotremata."
5. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"A notice of these extinct marsupials of the secondary period will be found at vol.
ip 159. Order XIII.—monotremata. FAMILY 83. ..."
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