PROTOTHERIAN

prototherian

(noun) primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

prototherian (comparative more prototherian, superlative most prototherian)

Belonging or pertaining to the subclass Prototheria of monotremes.

Noun

prototherian (plural prototherians)

Any of the egg-laying mammals of the subclass Prototheria; a monotreme.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 May 2025

UNSEASONED

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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