ORDER MONOTREMATA

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria

Synonyms:

Monotremata; order Monotremata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Monotremata" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Monotremata"):

family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)

family Ornithorhynchidae; Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)

Holonyms ("order Monotremata" is a member of...):

Prototheria; subclass Prototheria (echidnas; platypus)