prototherian

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prototherian [ˌprəʊtəʊˈθɪərɪən]

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Prototheria, a subclass of mammals that includes the monotremes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any prototherian mammal; a monotreme Compare eutherian, metatherian

[New Latin, from proto- + Greek theria wild animals]

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prototherian - primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea

mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria

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