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soft animal which inhabits a shell, 

 as oysters. 



Mow-Mo NO. fr. gr. monos, single. 

 A prefix, denoting unity. 



MONAD. IV. gr. monos, unity. The 

 smallest of all visible animal- 

 cules. An elementary particle 

 of an organic body. 



MONAD E'LPHIA. See Monodelphia. 



MONAHE'LPHOUS. Having the fila- 

 ments cohering in a tube. 



MONA'NDRIA. fr. gr. monos, single; 

 aner, stamen. Name of a class 

 of plants. 



MONA'NDROUS. fr. gr. monos, single ; 

 aner, stamen. Having but one 

 stamen. 



MONE'DUXA. Lat. A jackdaw. 



MONE'TA. Lat. Belonging or re- 

 lating to money. 



MONI'LE. Lat. Belonging or relat- 

 ing to a necklace. 



MONIL'EFORM. fr.lat. monile, a neck- 

 lace ; forma, shape. In the form 

 of a necklace, or string of beads. 



MOXILEFO'RMIS. Lat. Monileform. 



MONITOR. Lat. A genus of sau- 

 rian reptiles. 



MONOCA'RPOUS. fr. gr. karpos, fruit. 

 Bearing fruit only once, and dying 

 after fructification, as wheat. 



MONO'CKROS. fr. gr. monos, single ; 

 keras, horn. Unicorn. Having one 

 horn. 



MONOCHLA'MTDOUS fr. gr. monos, 

 one; chlamus, cloak ; eidos, resem- 

 blance. Seemingly having but 

 one covering. 



MoNOCOTr'LEDOsr.-fr. gr. monos, one ; 

 kotuledon, seed lobe. A plant 

 whose seeds have but one seed- 

 lobe. Mo'nocoty'ledons. A class 

 of plants having but one seed- 

 lobe in the embryo. 



MONOCOTYLE'DONOUS. Having but 

 one seed-lobe. 



MONODA'CTYLE. fr. gr. monos, sin- 

 gle; dakiulos, finger. Having one 

 finger. 



MONODE'LPHIA. fr. gr. monos, single ; 

 delphos, brotherhood. Name of a 

 Linnsean class o** plants in which 



the filaments are all united in 

 one tube. 



MONODE'LPHOCS. Relating to one 

 brotherhood. 



MONODOX. fr. gr. monos, single; 

 odous, tooth. Name of a genus of 

 aquatic mammals. The narwhal. 

 A genus of mollusks of the family 

 of Trochoides. 



MONODON'TA. Lat. Monodons. 



MONCE'CIA. fr. gr. monos, single; 

 oikia, house. Name of a Linnaean 

 class of plants, in which the sta- 

 mens and pistils grow on sepa- 

 rate flowers, but on the same in- 

 dividual plant. 



MON<E'CIOUS. Having flowers with 

 stamens alone, and flowers with 

 pistils alone on the same plant. 



MONOO'AMOUS. fr. gr. monos, one ; 

 gamos, marriage. Those animals, 

 the male and female of which 

 are paired for life, are said to be 

 monogamous. 



MONOG'AMY. fr.gr. monos, one, sin- 

 gle; gamos, marriage. The state 

 or condition of being married only 

 to one person. 



MONOOA'STRIC. Having but one 

 stomach. 



MONOGY'NIA. fr. gr. monos, single; 

 gune, pistil. Name of an order 

 of plants. 



MONOHTPOOT'XIA. fr. gr. monos, sin- 

 gle; upo, below; gune, pistil. 

 Name of a class of plants. 



MONOLITH. fr. gr. lithos, a stone. 

 A pillar consisting of a single 

 stone. 



MONOME'RA. fr. gr. meros, a part. 

 Applied to insects in which the 

 tarsi have only one joint. 



MOXOMOR'PHOUS. fr. gr. morphe, 

 form. Of a single form. Applied 

 to insects, which, in their larva 

 state, are similar in form to the 

 perfect insect, though wingless. 



MONO'MTA'RIA. fr.gr. monos, single; 

 muon, muscle. Bivalves which 

 have only one adductor muscK 



MONONEU'RA. fr. gr. neuron, a nerve. 

 Rudolphi's name for animal* 



