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Noun: egg-laying mammal
  1. The most primitive mammals, comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
    "The platypus is a well-known egg-laying mammal";
    - monotreme

Derived forms: egg-laying mammals

Type of: prototherian

Encyclopedia: Egg-laying mammal