Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Primitively mammalian; primeval or ancestral, as a mammal; of or pertaining to the Prototheria in either sense.
- noun A member of the Prototheria, hypothetical or actual.
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- adjective Belonging or pertaining to the subclass
Prototheria ofmonotremes . - noun Any of the
egg -layingmammals of the subclassPrototheria ; amonotreme .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea
Etymologies
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From Prototheria, from Ancient Greek πρωτο- (proto-, "proto-, first") + θηρίον (thērion, "beast").
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