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monotreme
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monotreme
a member of the animal order of Momotremata, the egg-laying mammals. Includes only two species, the duck-billed platypus and the spiny anteater.
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Ways of Knowing, Seeing and Reading the Natural World In 1832 the British scientist Richard Owen made the following comment while studying the platypus: The extraordinary nature of the monotrematous quadrupeds of Australia cannot be illustrated more forcibly than by observing that it is still doubtful to what class of animals they properly belong.
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