MONOTREME

Meaning of MONOTREME in English

[ 'mɒnə(ʊ)tri:m ]

■ noun Zoology a mammal of a small order (Monotremata) comprising the platypus and the echidnas, distinguished by laying eggs and having a common urogenital and digestive opening.

Origin

C19: from mono- + Gk trēma 'hole'.

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MONOTREME — noun see: trematode Date: 1835 any of an order (Monotremata) of egg-laying mammals comprising the platypuses and echidnas
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MONOTREME — Any of three living species of egg-laying platypus and two species of echidna . Monotremes are found only in Australia, …
Английский словарь Британика
MONOTREME — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷.ˌtrēm noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Monotremata : one of the Monotremata
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONOTREME — (n.) One of the Monotremata.
Английский словарь Webster
MONOTREME — ( n. ) One of the Monotremata.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MONOTREME — /mon"euh treem'/ , n. any animal of the Monotremata, the most primitive order of mammals, characterized by certain birdlike and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONOTREME — n. animal which belongs to the family of egg laying mammals found in Australia (Zoology)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MONOTREME — noun Etymology: New Latin Monotremata, from Greek mon- + trēmat-, trēma hole — more at trematode Date: 1835 : any …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONOTREME — noun one of the monotremata.
Webster English vocab
MONOTREME — [mono.treme] n [NL Monotremata, fr. Gk mon- + tremat-, trema hole--more at trematode] (1835): any of an order (Monotremata) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONOTREME — any member of the order Monotremata, a distinctive group of primitive mammals, the only surviving members of the subclass Prototheria. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MONOTREME — monotreme BrE AmE ˈmɒn ə ʊ triːm AmE \ ˈmɑːn ə- ▷ monotreme|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MONOTREME — / ˈmɒnətriːm; NAmE ˈmɑːn-/ noun ( technical ) a class of animal including the echidna and the platypus , which …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONOTREME — n. any mammal of the order Monotremata, native to Australia and New Guinea, including the duckbill and spiny anteater, laying …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONOTREME — n. any mammal of the order Monotremata, native to Australia and New Guinea, including the duckbill and spiny anteater, laying …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONOTREME — n. any mammal of the order Monotremata, native to Australia and New Guinea, including the duckbill and spiny anteater, laying …
Oxford English vocab
MONOTREME — n. Any of three living species of egg-laying mammals (order Monotremata): the platypus and two species of echidna . Monotremes …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MONOTREME — metronome
Anagrams English vocabulary
MONOTREME — Клоачные
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MONOTREME — палин. одноапертурный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MONOTREME — палин. одноапертурный
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MONOTREME — n. Pronunciation: ' mä-n ə - ˌ tr ē m Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Monotremata, from Greek mon- + …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLATYPUS — noun (plural ~es; also platypi) see: place Date: 1799 a small carnivorous aquatic monotreme mammal ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ECHIDNA — noun see: ophitic Date: 1832 a spiny-coated toothless burrowing nocturnal monotreme mammal ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) of Australia, Tasmania, and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOACA — noun (plural ~e) see: clyster Date: 1599 sewer III, the common chamber into which the intestinal and urogenital tracts discharge …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ECHIDNA — or spiny anteater any of three species of egg-laying mammals ( monotreme s) of the family Tachyglossidae. Echidnas are stocky …
Английский словарь Британика
CLOACA
Английский словарь Британика
EPICORACOID — I. adjective also epi·coracoidal |epə̇, |epē+ Etymology: epi- + coracoid, coracoidal : lying at the sternal end of the coracoid …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORNITHODELPH — ȯ(r)ˈnithəˌdelf noun or or·nith·o·del·phi·an ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdelfēən ( -s ) Etymology: ornithodelph from New Latin Ornithodelphia; ornithodelphian from New Latin Ornithodelphia + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONOTREMAL — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at mono- +.|trēməl adjective or mono·tre·mous -məs Etymology: monotreme + -al or -ous : monotrematous
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAMMARY POUCH — noun : the marsupium of a monotreme as distinguished from that of a marsupial
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INCUBATORIUM — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_bāˈtōrēəm, (ˌ)inˌkyübəˈt- noun ( plural incubato·ria -rēə ; also incubatoriums ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin incubatus (past participle of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary

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