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monotreme en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɒnətɹiːm/

Etymology

From mono- (“one”) + -treme (“hole”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a pollen grain) Having a single trema, or aperture.
    • Nomotreme fern and moss spores are monotreme. 1952, G. Erdtman, Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy, published 1986, →ISBN, page 548:

Coordinates

catatreme · anatreme · zonotreme · pantotreme · nomotreme · trema

Synonyms

monoaperturate · 1-treme

monotreme en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɒnətɹiːm/

Etymology

From mono- (“one”) + -treme (“hole”).

Meanings

  1. Any of the order Monotremata of mammals that lay eggs and have single orifices for urogenital and digestive functions (cloaca); an echidna, platypus or one of their extinct relatives.

Forms

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Deriveds

monotrematous · monotremous

Relateds

monotrematic · cloaca · trema

Translations (38)

hi अण्डजस्तनी (egg-laying mammal) · de Kloakentier (egg-laying mammal) · vi động vật đơn huyệt (egg-laying mammal) · ru яйцекладу́щее (egg-laying mammal) · he יונקי הביב (egg-laying mammal) · eo monotremo (egg-laying mammal) · sv kloakdjur (egg-laying mammal) · la monotrēma (egg-laying mammal) · pt monotremo (egg-laying mammal) · es monotrema (egg-laying mammal) · kk біртесікті (egg-laying mammal) · ca monotrema (egg-laying mammal) · cmn 單孔目動物 /单孔目动物 (egg-laying mammal) · ko 단공류 (egg-laying mammal) · it monotremo (egg-laying mammal) · uk однопрохідний (egg-laying mammal) · ja 単孔類 (egg-laying mammal) · pt monotrémato (egg-laying mammal) · mt monotrema (egg-laying mammal) · pl stekowiec (egg-laying mammal) · ru однопрохо́дное (egg-laying mammal) · hy մոնոտրեմ (egg-laying mammal) · pt monotremado (egg-laying mammal) · ro monotremă (egg-laying mammal) · be монатрэма (egg-laying mammal) · nl snaveldier (egg-laying mammal) · sw mamalia atagaye mayai (egg-laying mammal) · hu kloákás (egg-laying mammal) · ja カモノハシ目 (egg-laying mammal) · gl monotremo (egg-laying mammal) · he חיות הביב (egg-laying mammal) · ru клоа́чное (egg-laying mammal) · nl monotreem (egg-laying mammal) · is nefdýr (egg-laying mammal) · fi nokkaeläin (egg-laying mammal) · ro monotrem (egg-laying mammal) · fr monotrème (egg-laying mammal) · nl cloacadier (egg-laying mammal)