monotrema

See also: monotremă

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”) and New Latin trema (“aperture”), from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).

Noun

monotrema m (plural monotremas)

1. monotreme

Further reading

• “monotrema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10