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monocarpellary (mon'okarpeTar!) a. 

 [Gk. monos, alone ; karpos, fruit.] 

 Containing a single carpel (bot.). 



monocarpic (mon'okar'pik) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; karpos, fruit.] Dying 

 after bearing fruit once (dot.). 



monocarpous (mon'okar'pus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; karpos, fruit.] Hav- 

 ing one ovary developed from the 

 gynoecium (bot.). 



monocephalous (mon'okeTalus, -sef-) 

 a. [Gk. monos, alone; kephale, head.] 

 With one capitulum only (tot.). 



monocercous (mon'oser'kus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; kerkos, tail.] With 

 one flagellum, as certain Protozoa 

 (zool.). 



inonocerous (monos'grus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; keras, horn.] Hav- 

 ing only one horn (zool.). 



monochasium (mon'oka'zTum) n. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; chasis, division.] A 

 cymose inflorescence with main 

 axes producing only one branch 

 each (tot.). 



monochlainydeous (mon'oklamld'eus) 

 a. [Gk. monos, alone ; cftlamys, 

 cloak.] Apetalous ; having calyx 

 but no corolla (tot.). 



monociliated (mon'osll'iated) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; L. ciliutn, lash.] 

 Having one flagellum (zool.). ( W 



monoclinous (mou'okll'nus) a. [Ok. 

 monos, alone ; aline, couch.] 

 ing both stamens and pistiUi 

 flower (tot.). 



monocotyledonous (monokot'ile'- 

 donus) a. [Gk. monos, alone ; 

 kotyledon, a cup-shaped hollow.] 

 Having one cotyledon or embryo- 

 lobe (tot.). 



monocrepid (mon'okrSp'id) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; krepis, foundation.] 

 Appl. a desma formed by secondary 

 silica deposits on a monaxial spicule 

 (zool.). 



monocule (mon'okul) . [Gk. monos, 

 alone ; L. oculus, eye.] A one- 

 eyed animal, as certain Insects and 

 Crustacea (zool.). 



monocyclic (mSn'osik'lik) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; kyklos, circle.] 

 Having one whorl or circular 

 structure (biol.). 



monodactylous (mon'odak'tllus) a. 

 [Gk. monos, alone ; daktylos, finger.] 

 With one digit only (zool.). 



monodelphous, monadelphous. 



monodont (mon'6'dont) a. [Gk. monos, 

 alone ; odous, tooth.] Having one 

 persistent tooth ; appl. the narwal 

 with one tusk ten or twelve feet 

 long (zool.). 



monoecious (mone'shus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, single ; oikos, house.] With 

 male and female flowers on the 

 same plant ; with sex organs on 

 one gametophyte (tot.) ; hermaph- 

 rodite (zool.). 



monogamous (monog'amus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, single ; gamos, marriage.] 

 Consorting with one mate only 

 (zool.). 



monoganglionic (mon'ogang'glionik) 

 a. [Gk. monos, alone ; gangglion, 

 a little tumour.] Having a single 

 ganglion (zool.). 



monogastric (mon'ogas'trik) a. [Gk. 

 monos, single ; gaster, stomach.] 

 With only one gastric cavity 

 (zool.). 



monogenesis (mon'qjen'esis) n. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; genesis, descent.] 

 Asexual reproduction ; the theory 

 of the development of all organisms 

 from a>^ingle cell (biol.). 



itic (m&n'ojenet'ik) a. [Gk. 

 *nos, a\m&\\^genests, descent.] 

 asexually ; direct, as 

 , reproduction (biol.). 

 , monogenetic. 



monogenous (monoj'finus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; genos, offspring.] 

 Asexual, as appl. reproduction 

 (biol.). 



monogonoporous (m6n'6g6n5p'6rus) 

 a. [Gk. monos, alone ; gonos, off- 

 spring ; poros, channel.] Having 

 one genital pore common to both 

 male and female organs, as in 

 certain Turbellarians (zool.). 



monogony (monog'oni) n. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; gonos, offspring.] 

 Non-sexual schizogony ; asexual 

 reproduction (biol.). 



monogynoecial (mSn'ojme'shlal) a. 

 [Gk. monos, alone ; gyne, female ; 

 oikos, house.] Developing from one 

 pistil (tot.). 



monogynous (monqj'inus) a. [Gk. 

 monos, alone ; gyne, female.] Hav- 

 ing one pistil only (tot.) ; consort- 

 ing with one female mate, of male 

 animals (zool.). 



