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PROTOTHERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Echidnas; platypus

Synonyms:

Prototheria; subclass Prototheria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Prototheria" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Prototheria"):

Monotremata; order Monotremata (coextensive with the subclass Prototheria)

Holonyms ("Prototheria" is a member of...):

class Mammalia; Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female)

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