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EGG-LAYING MAMMAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
Synonyms:
egg-laying mammal; monotreme
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("egg-laying mammal" is a kind of...):
prototherian (primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "egg-laying mammal"):
anteater; echidna; spiny anteater (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia)
anteater; echidna; spiny anteater (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea)
duck-billed platypus; duckbill; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus (small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae)
