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monotrematous

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mon⋅o⋅trem⋅a⋅tous

  [mon-uh-trem-uh-tuhs, -tree-muh-]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to a monotreme.
Origin:
1825–35; < NL monotrematus lit., single-holed, equiv. to mono- mono- + -trematus -holed, adj. use of Gk trêma, s. trēmat- hole, perforation; see -ous
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mon·o·treme   (mŏn'ə-trēm')   
n.  A member of the Monotremata, an order of primitive egg-laying mammals restricted to Australia and New Guinea and consisting of only the platypus and the echidna.

[From New Latin Monotrēmata, order name : mono- + Greek trēma, trēmat-, perforation; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
mon'o·trem'a·tous (-trěm'ə-təs) adj.
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