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monotrematic en · ADJ

Etymology

From monotreme + -atic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Relating to the monotremes.
    • It is therefore far below the Trias that we must look for the quite hypothetical monotrematic ancestors of this last group. 1909, Depéret, Charles Jean Julien, 1854-1929, The transformations of the animal world, page 53:
    • the monotrematic glands of the Ornithorhynchus give rise to a new mode of nutrition as regards the young. 1830, Zoological Society of London. Committee of Science and Correspondence, Proceedings, page 93: