单词 | monotrematous |
释义 | monotrematousadj. Zoology. Now rare. = monotreme adj.; resembling the monotremes; (gen.) having a single aperture. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [adjective] > relating to Prototheria or Monotremata monotremous1826 monotrematous1832 monotremate1846 monotreme1865 monotremal1866 ornithodelphous1873 prototherian1880 1832 R. Owen in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 122 517 The extraordinary nature of the monotrematous quadrupeds of Australia cannot be more forcibly demonstrated than by observing that it is still doubtful to what class of animals they properly belong. 1881 Science 23 July 352/2 The Permian reptiles of France diminish the vast interval which exists at present between the reptiles and the monotrematous mammals. 1886 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 527 I am by no means convinced that all mammals had monotrematous progenitors. 1937 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 228 400 He says that he is more and more inclined to Cope's suggestion as to the monotrematous nature of the Mulituberculata. 1982 Acta Zoologica 63 253/1 This unidirectional water passage over the olfactory epithelium in a monotrematous olfactory organ is possible through a functional division of the organ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1832 |
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