monotrematicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

monotrematic (not comparable)

1. (rare) Relating to the monotremes.
   • 1830, Zoological Society of London. Committee of Science and Correspondence, Proceedings‎, page 93:

     the monotrematic glands of the Ornithorhynchus give rise to a new mode of nutrition as regards the young.

   • 1909, Depéret, Charles Jean Julien, 1854-1929, The transformations of the animal world‎, page 53:

     It is therefore far below the Trias that we must look for the quite hypothetical monotrematic ancestors of this last group.

   • 1901-09, The American Naturalist 1901-09: Vol 35 Iss 417‎, page 779:

     The tarsals are as numerous as in the marsupials, but their forms and positions are typically monotrematic.