monotremous
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]monotremous (not comparable)
- (zoology) Related to the monotremes.
- Synonym: monotrematous
- 1868, Gerard Krefft, Notes on the Fauna of Tasmania, page 6:
- The monotremous section of the Implacentalia is represented as in Australia, by the well known Platypus, and by an Echidna or Ant-eater which appears to differ from our own in nothing but the shorter spines and more hairy fur.