Definition of Monotremata

1. Noun. Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria.


Definition of Monotremata

1. n. pl. A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.

Medical Definition of Monotremata

1. A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Single + hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monotremata

monotonic sequence
monotonical
monotonically
monotonicities
monotonicity
monotonies
monotoning
monotonist
monotonists
monotonous
monotonously
monotonousness
monotony
monotransitive
monotransitivity
monotrematous
monotremes
monotrichate
monotrichous
monotriglyph
monotriglyphs
monotropa
monotropic
monotype
monotypes
monotypic
monotypy
monoubiquinated

Literary usage of Monotremata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"... Remedy for Exophthalmic Goitre—Scientific Teetotalism—The Cerebral Commissures in the Marsu- piala and monotremata—Cases Treated by Psycho-Theraphy—A ..."

2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The first and lowest order of t Mammalia is that of the monotremata, containing only two genera, both belonging to Australia—namely, ..."

3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"ORDER I. monotremata.—The first and lowest order of the Mammalia is that of the monotremata, containing only two genera, both belonging to Australia—namely, ..."

4. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"They may be divided into monotremata and ... monotremata. Male and female orifices united; ... monotremata."

5. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"A notice of these extinct marsupials of the secondary period will be found at vol. ip 159. Order XIII.—monotremata. FAMILY 83. ..."

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