kloakdjur

Swedish

Etymology

kloak (“cloaca”) +‎ djur (“animal”)

Noun

kloakdjur n

  1. (zoology) a monotreme
    Däggdjur ger sina ungar di, och alla utom kloakdjuren föder levande ungar
    Mammals nurse/suckle their young, and all except [the] monotremes give birth to live young
  2. (in the identical plural) Monotremata

Declension

Declension of kloakdjur
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kloakdjur kloakdjurs
definite kloakdjuret kloakdjurets
plural indefinite kloakdjur kloakdjurs
definite kloakdjuren kloakdjurens

References

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