MONOTREMATA

Monotremata, order Monotremata

(noun) coextensive with the subclass Prototheria

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Mon`o*trem"a*ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 October 2024

COLLISION

(noun) (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together; “the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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