monotreme

«monotreme» in Mova's school dictionary: a mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a monotreme, monotremes)

meaning for a pupil

A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young; the platypus and the echidnas are the only living monotremes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on classification monotremes are a surprise: they are mammals (they have fur and feed babies milk) but lay eggs. They live only in Australia and New Guinea. Phrases: «egg-laying mammals», «the platypus is a monotreme».

examples

• The platypus is a monotreme, a mammal that lays eggs. tree →
• Echidnas are spiny monotremes. tree →
• Monotremes feed their babies milk but have no nipples; the milk comes through the skin. tree →
• Only five kinds of monotreme are alive today. tree →
• Monotremes live in Australia and New Guinea. tree →
• The baby echidna is called a puggle. tree →

note

Countable. Said «MON-oh-treem». Other mammal groups: marsupials (pouch, like kangaroos) and placental mammals (like humans). Myth: «all mammals give birth to live young» is false because of monotremes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «monotreme» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.