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.onophyodont, n., mtin'd>fi'8d- 

 tint (Gr. monos, one ; plmo, I 

 produce ; odous, a tooth, odontos, 

 of a tooth), one of the Mammals 

 in which only a single set of 

 teeth is developed, that is, who 

 never shed their teeth. 

 lonoplast, n., mon'-o-plast (Gr. 

 monos, one ; plastos, formed), a 

 naked non-vasicular body ; an 

 animal cell destitute of envelope : 

 monoplastic, a,, mdn^d-pldst'ik, 

 having one primary form, 

 nonopodia, n., mMo-pod'-l'tiL (Gr. 

 monos, one ; pous t a foot, podos, 

 of a foot), a monstrosity having 

 one foot only : mon/opod'ium, 

 n., -pod'-i'Um, in bot., an 

 elongated axis giving off lateral 

 structures having a similar nature: 

 mon'opod'ial, a. , -pdd'i-dl, applied 

 to a kind of inflorescence ; race- 



tnonosepalous, a., 

 (Gr. monos, one ; sepalon, a 

 sepal), in bot., having the sepals 

 which compose a flower united 

 at their edges or margins so as to 

 form a tube ; gamosepalous. 



monosis, n., mon-orf-is (Gr. monos, 

 one, single), in bot. , the isolation 

 of an organ from the rest* 



monospermous, a., mftn'-d- sperm'* 

 Us (Gr. monos, one ; sperma, 

 seed), in bot., one-seeded; applied 

 to a fruit having only one seed : 

 monosperm, n., m&n'o- sperm, a 

 plant of one seed only. 



monostachous, a., md 

 (Gr. monos, one ; stachus, an ear 

 or spike), in bot., disposed or 

 arranged in one spike only. 



monostomum, n., mdn-ds'tdmHm, 

 monos'toma, n. plu., -ttim-tf, (Gr. 

 monos, one ; stoma, a mouth), a 

 species of Frematode worm having 

 one sucker only. 



monothalamous, a., 

 dm- Us (Gr. monos, one ; ihalamos, 

 a chamber), possessing a single 

 chamber only, applied to the 

 shells of ' Foraminifera ' anc 

 ' Mollusca. ' 



monothecal, a., mSn'-d'tliek'al (Gr. 

 monos, one ; theke, a sheath or 

 case), in bot. > having a single 

 loculament. 



Monotremata, IL plu^ mMfr 

 tr&m'at-a (Gr. monos, one ; 

 trema, an orifice, an opening, 

 trematos, of an opening), an Order 

 of Mammals which have the 

 intestinal canal opening into a 

 ' cloaca, ' common to the ducts 

 of the urinary and generative 

 organs, as in the Duck-mole and 

 the Echidna : monotrematous, 

 a., m8n'6>tr%m'-at'us, having only 

 one external opening or ' cloaca ' 

 for urine and other excrements* 



MonotropaceaB, n. plu.> mon'-o* 

 trop'QL f 'S&-e (Gr. monos, one ; 

 tropeo, I turn), the Fir-rapes, a 

 small Order of parasitic plants 

 growing on the roots of fir-trees, 

 several species of which are 

 delightfully fragrant : Monotrop* 

 ese, n. plu., mdn'd'trd'p'%'e, a 

 Sub-order : Monotropa, n. , mdn* 

 8t'rtip-a, a genus of plants, so 

 named because all their flowers 

 are turned one way ; curious 

 parasitical plants growing on the 

 roots of beech and pine trees in 

 shady moist places. 



monstrosity, n., mdn-strds'i-ti (L. 

 monstrum, anything strange or 

 wonderful), an unnatural pro- 

 duction ; in bot., an abnormal 

 development, applied particularly 

 to double flowers. 



monticulus cerebelli, m8nt*$& 

 ul'Us s$r'$b'$l'li (L. monticftlus, 

 a small mountain from mons, a 

 mountain ; cer$b$llum, a small 

 brain), in anat., the little 

 mountain of the cerebellum ; the 

 central projecting part of the 

 superior vermiform process. 

 Moracese, n. plu., mor-a'sZ-e (L. 

 morus, Gr. mor$a, a mulberry 

 tree), the Mulberry, Fig, and 

 Bread Fruit family, an important 

 Order of plants : Morese, n. plu. , 

 mor'8-e, a Sub-order of plants, 

 comprising the mulberries and 



