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单词 protomammal
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protomammal
protomammal n.
Brit. /ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)ˌmaml/
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U.S. /ˈproʊdoʊˌmæm(ə)l/
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/ˈproʊdəˌmæm(ə)l/
(an informal name for) a hypothetical primitive mammal or a known evolutionary ancestor of the mammals; (also) any primitive mammal.
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1936 J. R. de la H. Marett Race, Sex, & Environm. vi. 141 The ascent from the amphibian to a large-sized lactating proto-mammal is shown as a single upward slope.
1972 Q. Rev. Biol. 47 210/1 Monotremes are highly modified from the primitive mammalian condition..and should not be taken as representative ‘proto-mammals’.
2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) xxii. 415 That was the stream we belonged to, and it evolved into a family of protomammals known as therapsids.
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