monotrematic

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adjective

Relating to the monotremes.

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Meanings

adjectivemonotrematic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareRelating to the monotremes.

    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
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    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

Origin

From monotreme + -atic.

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