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monocule (mŏn�kūl), n. [See .] (Zoöl.) A small crustacean with one median eye.
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monoculous (?), a. Monocular. Glanvill.
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monocystic (?), a. [See , and .] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of the protozoan order Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.
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Monodactylous (?), a. [Gr. monodaktylos; monos single + daktylos finger: cf. F. monodactyle.] (Zoöl.) Having but one finger or claw.
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{ Monodelph (?), Monodelphian (?), } n. (Zoöl.) One of the Monodelphia.
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Monodelphia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. monos single + delfys the womb.] (Zoöl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See .
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{ Monodelphic (?), Monodelphous (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.
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{ Monodic (?), Monodical (?), } a. [Gr. �.] 1. Belonging to a monody.
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2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.
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Monodimetric (?), a. [Mono- + dimetric.] (Crystallog.) Dimetric.
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Monodist (?), n. A writer of a monody.
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{ Monodrama (?), Monodrame (?), } n. [Mono- + Gr. � drama.] A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.
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Monodramatic (?), a. Pertaining to a monodrama.
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Monody (?), n.; pl. Monodies (#). [L. monodia, Gr. �, fr. � singing alone; monos single + � song: cf. F. monodie. See .] A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.
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Monodynamic (?), a. [Mono- + dynamic.] Possessing but one capacity or power. “Monodynamic men.” De Quincey.
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Monodynamism (?), n. The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes. A philosophical form of the grand unified theory?
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Monœcia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. monos single + � house.] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.
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Monœcian (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monœcia; monœcious. -- n. One of the Monœcia.
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2. (Zoöl.) A monœcious animal, as certain mollusks.
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Monœcious (?), a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to diœcious.
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Monœcism (?), n. (Biol.) The state or condition of being monœcious.
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Monogam (?), n. (Bot.) One of the Monogamia.
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Monogamia (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.
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{ Monogamian (?), Monogamic (?), } a. [See .] 1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.
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2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
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Monogamist (?), n. One who practices or upholds monogamy. Goldsmith.
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Monogamous (?), a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. �; monos single + � marriage.] 1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.
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2. (Bot.) Same as .
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3. (Zoöl.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals.
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monogamousness n. The state of being monogamous; having one wife at a time.
Syn. -- monogamy, monogyny.
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Monogamy (?), n. [L. monogamia, Gr. �: cf. F. monogamie.] 1. Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.
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2. (Zoöl.) State of being paired with a single mate.
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Monogastric (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. � belly.] Having but a single stomach.
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Monogenesis (?), n. [Mono- + genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. Dana. Haeckel.
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2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. Haeckel.
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3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis. E. van Beneden.
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Monogenetic (?), a. [See .] 1. (Geol.) One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; -- used of a mountain range. Dana.
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2. (Biol.) Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all beings.
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Monogenic (?), a. 1. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis.
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2. (Zoöl.) Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way.
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Monogenism (?), n. (Anthropol.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.
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Monogenist (?), n. (Anthropol.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist.
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Monogenistic (?), a. Monogenic.
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Monogenous (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction.
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Monogeny (?), n. 1. Monogenesis.
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2. (Anthropol.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin.
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Monogoneutic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. � offspring.] (Zoöl.) Having but one brood in a season.
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Monogram (?), n. [L. monogramma; Gr. monos single + gramma letter, fr. grafein to write: cf. F. monogramme. See .] 1. A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works.
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Monogram.
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☞ The monogram above, combining the letters of the name , was used by Charlemagne.
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2. A picture in lines; a sketch. [R.]
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3. An arbitrary sign for a word. [R.]
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monogram (?), v. t. To inscribe or ornament with a monogram.
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Monogrammal (?), a. See .
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Monogrammatic (?), a. Monogrammic.
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Monogrammic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
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Monogrammous (?), a. Monogrammic.
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Monograph (?), n. [Mono- + -graph.] A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.
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Monographer (?), n. A writer of a monograph.
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{ Monographic (?), Monographical (?), } a. [Cf. F. monographique.] Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture. -- Monographically, adv.
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Monographist (?), n. One who writes a monograph.
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Monographous (?), a. Monographic. [Obs.]
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Monography (?), n. [Mono- + -graphy: cf. F. monographie.] 1. Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing.
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2. A monograph. [Obs.]
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Monogyn (?), n. (Bot.) One of the Monogynia.
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Monogynia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. monos single + � woman, female.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.
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Monogynian (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. -- n. One of the Monogynia.
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Monogynous (?), a. [Cf. F. monogyne.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.
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Monogyny (?), n. [See .] 1. Marriage with the one woman only.
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2. (Bot.) The state or condition of being monogynous.
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Monohemerous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. � day.] (Med.) Lasting but one day.
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Monoicous (?), a. (Bot.) Monœcious.
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Monolatry (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. � worship.] Worship of a single deity.
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monolingual adj. Using or knowing only one language; as, monolingual speakers; a monolingual dictionary. Opposite of multilingual.
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Monolith (?), n. [F. monolithe, L. monolithus consisting of a single stone, Gr. �; monos single + liqos stone.] A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.
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Monolithal (?), a. Monolithic.
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Monolithic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.
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Monologist (?), n. [See .] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. De Quincey.
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Monologue (?), n. [F. monologue, Gr. � speaking alone; monos alone, single, sole + logos speech, discourse, legein to speak. See .] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue. Dryden.
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2. A dramatic composition for a single performer.
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Monology (?), n. [Gr. �.] The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.
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It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life.
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{ Monomachia (?), Monomachy (?), } n. [L. monomachia, Gr. �, fr. � fighting in single combat; monos single, alone + � to fight.] A duel; single combat. “The duello or monomachia.” Sir W. Scott.
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Monomachist (?), n. One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
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Monomane (?), n. A monomaniac. [R.]
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Monomania (?), n. [Mono- + mania.] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.
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Syn. -- Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See .
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Monomaniac (?), n. A person affected by monomania.
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{ Monomaniac (?), Monomaniacal (?), } a. [Cf. F. monomaniaque.] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.
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Monome (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. monos single + -nome as in binome. See .] (Math.) A monomial.
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monomer (?), n. (Chem.) The basic conceptual building unit of a polymer; a molecule of low molecular weight which may combine with other molecules to form a molecule in a chain or branched form having high molecular weight; as, amino acids are the monomer units which are combined to form proteins; vinylic plastics are formed from monomers having a vinyl group.
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monomeric (?), a. (Chem.) Not linked to other molecules of the same kind; having the property of a monomer. Opposed to polymeric.
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Monomerous (?), a. [Gr. single; monos alone + � part.] 1. (Bot.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.
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Monometallic (?), a. Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.
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Monometallism (?), n. [Mono- + metal.] The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See .
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Monometallist (?), n. One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.
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Monometer (?), n. [Gr. � of one meter; monos single + � measure.] A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.
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Monometric (?), a. [Cf. F. monométrique.] (Crystallog.) Same as .
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Monomial (?), n. [See , .] (Alg.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.
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Monomial, a. (Alg.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
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{ Monomorphic (?), Monomorphous (?), } a. [Mono- + Gr. morfh form.] (Biol.) Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.
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Monomphalus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. monos alone + � the navel.] A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.
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{ Monomya (?), Monomyaria (?), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. monos single + �, �, muscle.] (Zoöl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.
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{ Monomyarian (?), Monomyary (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya. -- n. One of the Monomya.
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Mononomial (?), n. & a. Monomyal.
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{ Monoousian (?), Monoousious (?), } a. [Mono- + Gr. � being, substance, essence.] (Theil.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.
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Monopathy (?), n. [Gr. �; monos alone + �, �, to suffer.] Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. -- Monopathic, a.
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Monopersonal (?), a. [Mono- + personal.] Having but one person, or form of existence.
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Monopetalous (?), a. [Mono- + petal: cf. F. monopétale.] (Bot.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
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☞ The most recent authors restrict this form to flowers having a solitary petal, as in species of Amorpha, and use gamopetalous for a corolla of several petals combined into one piece. See Illust. of .
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Monophanous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. � to show.] Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.
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Monophonic (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. � a voice.] 1. (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.
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2. Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing sound, which has only one sound channel; also called monaural or mono. It contrasts with stereophonic (or stereo), quadraphonic, or surround-sound, which have two or more channels, and can thus reproduce the effect of the sound coming from more than one direction.
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Monophthong (?), n. [Gr. � with one sound; monos alone + � sound, voice.] 1. A single uncompounded vowel sound.
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2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
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Monophthongal (?), a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.
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Monophyletic (?), a. [Gr. � of one tribe, fr. monos single + � clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
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Monophyllous (?), a. [Gr. monofyllos; monos alone + fyllon leaf: cf. F. monophylle.] (Bot.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.
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Monophyodont (?), a. [Gr. monos single (monos alone + � to produce) + 'odoys, 'odontos, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.
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Monophysite (?), n. [Gr. �; monos single + � nature: cf. F. monophysite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.
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Monophysitical (?), a. Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.
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Monoplast (?), n. [Mono- + -plast.] (Biol.) A monoplastic element.
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Monoplastic (?), a. [Mono- + -plastic.] (Biol.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.
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Monoplegia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. monos single + � a stroke.] (Med.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.
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Monopneumona (?), n. pl. [NL. See , and .] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written also monopneumonia.]
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Monopode (?), n. 1. One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot. Sir J. Mandeville. Lowell.
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2. (Bot.) A monopodium.
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Monopodial (?), a. (Bot.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.
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Monopodium (?), n.; pl. L. Monopodia (#), E. -ums (#). [L. See .] (Bot.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.
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Monopody (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. poys, podos, foot: cf. �, �, one-footed.] (Pros.) A measure of but a single foot.
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Monopoler (?), n. A monopolist. [Obs.]
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