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Definition of: Prototheria
(prō′tə·thir′ē·ə) noun plural
A subclass of primitive, egg-laying mammals; the monotremes, as the duckbill. [<NL <Gk. prōtos first + thēria, plural of thērion, dim. of thēr a beast]
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