monotreme

See also: monotrème

English

monotreme (plural monotremes)

Ventral view of a female echidna, a monotreme, showing single orifice.

(zoology) A mammal that lays eggs and has a single urogenital and digestive orifice. Only the echidnas and platypuses are included in this group.

egg-laying mammal

Korean: 단공류 (dan-gongnyu) (as a group)
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Navajo: ałtʼoʼígíí biyęęzhii yiłchíhígíí
Polish: stekowce
Portuguese: monotremo m, monotremado (pt) m, monotrémato m
Romanian: monotrem (ro) n, monotremă (ro) f
Russian: однопрохо́дное (ru) n (odnoproxódnoje) (млекопита́ющее), яйцекладу́щее (ru) n (jajcekladúščeje) (млекопита́ющее), клоа́чное (ru) n (kloáčnoje) (млекопита́ющее)
Spanish: monotrema m
Swahili: mamalia atagaye mayai
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monotreme (not comparable)

(palynology, of a pollen grain) Having a single trema, or aperture.
- 1952, G. Erdtman, Pollen Morphology and Plant Taxonomy‎, published 1986, →ISBN, page 548:
  Nomotreme fern and moss spores are monotreme.

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