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MONOTREMATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monotremata mean?
• MONOTREMATA (noun)
The noun MONOTREMATA has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the subclass Prototheria
Familiarity information: MONOTREMATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Monotremata; order Monotremata
Hypernyms ("Monotremata" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Monotremata"):
family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)
family Ornithorhynchidae; Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)
Holonyms ("Monotremata" is a member of...):
Prototheria; subclass Prototheria (echidnas; platypus)
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