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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MONOTREME

Via New Latin from mono- + Greek trēma hole.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOTREME

monotreme  [ˈmɒnəʊˌtriːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOTREME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monotreme is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MONOTREME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

monotreme

Monotreme

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals. The only surviving examples of monotremes are all indigenous to Australia and New Guinea, although there is evidence that they were once more widespread. The existing monotreme species are the platypus and four species of echidnas. There is currently some debate regarding monotreme taxonomy.

Definition of monotreme in the English dictionary

The definition of monotreme in the dictionary is any mammal of the primitive order Monotremata, of Australia and New Guinea: egg-laying toothless animals with a single opening for the passage of eggs or sperm, faeces, and urine. The group contains only the echidnas and the platypus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOTREME


airstream
ˈɛəˌstriːm
bitstream
ˈbɪtˌstriːm
blogstream
ˈblɒɡˌstriːm
bloodstream
ˈblʌdˌstriːm
clickstream
ˈklɪkˌstriːm
Coldstream
ˈkəʊldˌstriːm
downstream
ˈdaʊnˈstriːm
extreme
ɪkˈstriːm
headstream
ˈhɛdˌstriːm
lamestream
ˈleɪmˌstriːm
livestream
ˈlaɪvˌstriːm
mainstream
ˈmeɪnˌstriːm
midstream
ˈmɪdˌstriːm
millstream
ˈmɪlˌstriːm
nonmainstream
ˌnɒnˈmeɪnˌstriːm
onstream
ˈɒnˌstriːm
slipstream
ˈslɪpˌstriːm
stream
striːm
upstream
ˈʌpˈstriːm
workstream
ˈwɜːkˌstriːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOTREME

monotherapy
monotint
monotocous
monotone
monotonic
monotonically
monotonicity
monotonies
monotonise
monotonize
monotonous
monotonously
monotonousness
monotony
monotrematous
monotrichic
monotrichous
monotroch
monotype
monotypic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOTREME

academe
bireme
bonus scheme
breme
careme
color scheme
colour scheme
deme
heme
housing scheme
meme
quadrireme
quinquereme
scheme
seme
spireme
supreme
theme
trireme
unextreme

Synonyms and antonyms of monotreme in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monotreme» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOTREME

Find out the translation of monotreme to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of monotreme from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monotreme» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单孔类动物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monotreme
570 millions of speakers

English

monotreme
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

monotreme
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وحيد المسلك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

monotreme
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monotremado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনট্রিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monotreme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monotreme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Monotreme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単孔類動物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단공류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monotreme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

monotreme
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

monotreme
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Monotreme
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

monotrem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monotremo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monotreme
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

monotreme
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monotreme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

monotreme
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Mono Treme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monotreme
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monotreme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monotreme

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOTREME»

The term «monotreme» is normally little used and occupies the 108.910 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOTREME» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «monotreme» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «monotreme» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about monotreme

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOTREME»

Discover the use of monotreme in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monotreme and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
Although they are diverse in their outward appearance, the two monotreme families share several characteristics. The cranial features of monotremes are unique, with adults having indistinct sutures. Unlike therian mammals, the jugal bone is ...
‎2007
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Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New ...
For, first, my inner term "monotreme" has a derived sense, hence constitutes a certain kind of thought of monotremes and, second, I can certainly purpose that my outer token of "monotreme" should function properly even though I cannot detail ...
Ruth Garrett Millikan, 1984
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Neurobiology of Monotremes: Brain Evolution in Our Distant ...
This may be one reason for differences in the architecture of the brain between Ornithorhynchus and tachyglossids, although few studies have been conducted on comparative monotreme intelligence and behaviour (see Chapters 2 and 7).
Ken Ashwell, 2013
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Fertilization in Protozoa and Metazoan Animals: Cellular and ...
CHAPTER 6 Fertilization in Monotreme, Marsupial and Eutherian Mammals K.E. Mate1, M.S. Harris2, and J.C. Rodger3 1 Introduction 1.1 The Three Groups of Mammals There are three quite distinct evolutionary lineages of mammals which  ...
Juan J. Tarin, Antonio Cano, 2000
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Mammalogy
paleontology. The earliest known monotreme fossil is Teinolophus from the Australian early Cretaceous, about 112 to 121 million years ago (Rich et al. 2001 ). High-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT or “cat”) scans of the ...
Professor Emeritus Northern Arizona University Terry A Vaughan, Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, 2013
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The Beginning of the Age of Mammals
The upper teeth are also multi-cusped and very bunodont (Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004). This dental morphology is strikingly different from that of other monotremes, and its monotreme affinity remains to be demonstrated. If it is indeed a ...
Kenneth D. Rose, 2009
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Cell Nucleus—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 ...
Australian. National. University,. Canberra: The. evolution. of. marsupial. and. monotreme. chromosomes. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly — Fresh data on Cell Biology are presented in a new report. According to  ...
‎2013
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Australasian Marsupials and Monotremes: An Action Plan for ...
An Action Plan for Their Conservation Michael Kennedy, IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group. dorcopsis wallaby (Dorcopsis muelleri) and the Celebes cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) are also protected by ...
Michael Kennedy, IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group, 1992
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Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System
8. Implications. of. Monotreme. and. Multituberculate. Cochleae. for. Mammalian. Phylogeny. As presently known, inner-ear structures offer little phylogenetic signal for unraveling the relationships among early mammals because they are ...
Geoffrey A. Manley, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, 2004
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Comparative Immunoglobulin Genetics
4.4 MONOTREME IMMUNGLOBULIN GENETICS Monotremes are a puzzling lineage of mammals because they have retained a number of characteristics usually associated with nonmammalian vertebrates. This was made evident when in ...
Azad K. Kaushik, Yfke Pasman, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOTREME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monotreme is used in the context of the following news items.
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Niagara "Vanillacola" (Fennesz remix)
You can hear the track below, while Niagara issue the track July 31 as part of a "re-bottled" remix EP on Monotreme Records. SoundCloud ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
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Listen to 'VanillaCola' by Italian duo Niagara [405 Premiere]
'VanillaCola' arrives as a single with three mixes, Vanillacola Re-Bottled, scheduled for release on 31st July via Monotreme Records. «The 405, Jun 15»
3
A Conversation With Phineas and Ferb's Creators as the Final Day …
... his silent monotreme nemesis; and a cranky teenager can have her face carved into Mount Rushmore, just for the length of a summer's day. «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Beauty in the beast
The true nature of this monotreme was the subject of long and intense debate and controversy within the scientific community. It took quite a ... «Inquirer.net, May 15»
5
Big platypus slowly taking shape in Camden
While not clearly identified as a platypus at ground level, the monotreme is easy to spot from the sky. A timeline of the site. Source: Supplied. «The Daily Telegraph, May 15»
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Trivia pursuit: Shortlist's ultimate pub quiz
What are the two surviving species of monotreme? 23. What's the largest Australian-owned brewery? 24. How many double dissolutions have ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
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Plenty River home to one of state's oldest platypuses
Mr Griffiths has researched the monotreme for eight years and said there were some misconceptions about the species. “A lot of people think ... «Herald Sun, Mar 15»
8
Stearica Releasing New Album "Fertile"
UK-based Monotreme Records confirms the upcoming release of "Fertile," the second LP from Turin, Italy-based instrumental trio Stearica. «Metal Underground, Feb 15»
9
Tracking a Leopard in Sri Lanka
The two men joke together constantly, swapping wildlike facts like the name for mammals who lay eggs (monotreme), and slapping each other ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
10
How Transposons Shaped Pregnancy
The researchers also looked at egg-laying mammals including the short-tailed opossum, a marsupial, and the platypus, a monotreme. Finally ... «Scientist, Jan 15»

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