monomachy 
There ! to be performed a imii"m-/iy. 
Combnt. nrilncl, time. p!iu:i-, KIM! ut-jipon 
Atrrcnl betwixt us. 
'r aiul Knirlfi/, run- fur r> nii-kold, I. 2. 
monomane (mon'o-miin), . 
(= J'g. niiiiiiiiiiiino), < 
see iiiiiiKimniiiii.} <>ne afflicted with monoma- 
nia : a monomaniac. [Hare.] Imp. Diet. 
monomania (mon-o-ma'ni-ii), a. [= F. 
miinif = Sp. niiiiitiiiiKni't = 1'g. It. monomania, 
3841 monopetalous 
monometallic (mon'o-me-tal'ik). a. [< Or. lor muscle, as an o\>h r : sj.ccifioilly. of or per- 
i6vos,#\\\K\r, + iilToMav, metal: seewfto/.J Con- tainingtotlM .!//./.. >mi/i-i. Also monom , 
ol'lmt one metal; specifically. coinpriH- II. " -\ iimnomyanan bivalve mollunk. 
ai consist ofhut one meta~l(oralloy). monomyary (mim-o-mi'a-ri), <i. and n. [= K. 
as ^'olil or silver: as, a iiKiii'itni-tiillic currency. iiiiiHonii/nin: < Nl,. .V....mv"/ >. ] Sunn- axniOM- 
[< F. niiiniiiiiiiiii 
monomania: m onometaliism (mon-o-met'al-izm), n. ' [< MtftWNM 
iiiii>ioiiirtatl(ir) + -ism.]' The use of only one Mononeura (mon-o-nn'rii), . /./. 
metal as a >tainlard of value in the coinage of pfoof, single, + vevpov, nerv.) . 
a country; also, the economic theory that advo- 
cates such a single standard. See oimttattitm. 
< NL. miinniiiiiiiia, < Gr. pom*, single, + fiavia monome t a llist (mon-6-met'al-ist), n. [< mono- 
raadness: see mania.) j^fro^HJ 1 ^ metnll(ir) + -ixt.) One who'advocates the the- 
ory of monometallism : opposed to bimetalligt. 
there is a more or less complete limitation of 
,, ui imiii.iiu.-iai.i^iii. ,,.. ,,...,. 
the perverted mental action to a particular m o'nometer (mo-nom'e-ter), a. and n [< LL. 
field, as a specific delusion, or an impulse to 
do some particular thing. The other mental 
functions may show some signs of degenera- 
tion. 2. In popular use, an unreasonable zeal 
for or interest in some one thing; a craze. 
Frederic was as anxious as any prince could be about 
the efficiency of his army, 
crated Into a mnnoma --- 
to pay fancy prices for giants. 
Hacaulatj, Frederic the Great. 
Instinctive monomania, the excessive tendency to do 
some particular thing without int i II in idle motive and un- 
restrained by considerations of propriety, morality, or 
sonal 
derai 
manometer, as a noun monometron, < Gr. um4- 
lieTpof, consisting of one measure, < pfo 
+ ptrpov, a measure: see meter 2 .] 
pros., consisting of a single measure 
H. M. In pros,, a meter consisting of a single 
measure. 
"s father monometric (mon-o-met'rik), a. [< Or. /rivof, 
single, + /terpov, measure. Cf. manometer.) 
In crystal., same as ixometric, 2. 
monometrical (mon-o-met'ri-kal), a. [( mo- 
noitictcr 4- -ic-al.) Pertaining to or consisting 
monometers ; containing only one meter, 
! (ir. 
, single, 4- vtvpov, nerve.]" Animals with 
only -a gangliunic nervous system . Huilolpki. 
mononomial (mon-o-no'mi-al), n. [< (ir. //ovof, 
single, + L. nom(en), name": see nominal. Cf. 
in, mi, mi, it.] In tool, and liol., consisting of a 
single word or term: applied to the name of an 
animal or a plant : opposed to binomial and poly- 
iii, mini. ro0, The Auk, 1.320. Also monomial. 
.,; single, mononuclear (mon-o-nu'kl$-ttr), a. [< Or. p&- 
I. a. In vof, single, + L. nucleus, nucleus: see nuclear.) 
Having a single nucleus ; uninuclear: as, large 
1111,11, illlli-li lif ,;-\\-. 1 1 in I, I" . l'..i.-t. I ,.,!,. _].:,! | i, 
vestigations (trans.), p. 68. 
Monony chinas (mon'p-ni-ki'ne), n. pi. [NL., < 
Moaonyj- (-onycii-) + -ina-.] A subfamily of '.''- 
i/iiliiln, typified by the genus Mommyf. It con- 
,, r c i, lt chinK 
extensive mental degeneration. It includes suicidal In- 
sanity, homicidal Insanity, dipsomania, pyromania, klep- 
tomania, and certain forma of perverted a 
See differentiant 
sisting of a single term. See binomial. Also 
monome. 
Monomoriurn (mon-o-mo'ri-um), . [NL., < 
Gr. /i6vof, single, 4- u6ptov, dim. of ftApof, apart, 
piece.] A genus of Formicidce, having the meta- 
thorax unarmed, the mandibles narrow, and the 
, , aexual Inatlnct. 
Also called impulsive insanity. =Syn. 1. Lunacy, Derange- 
ment, etc. See insanity. 
monomaniac (mon-o-ma'ni-ak), . and n. [= 
F. HOMMMMtafHf == Sp. It. monomaniaco; as 
monomania + -ac.] I. a. Same as monoma- 
niaeal. 
II. n. 
2. In fair, one who is insane upon 
more subjects, and apparently sane upon all 
others. 
monomaniacal (rnon y o-ma-nl'a-kal), o. [< 
monomaniac + -al.) Of or pertaining to mono- 
mania ; also, afflicted with monomania. 
Patients confess that they have been under the Influence 
of monmnaniacal ideas and terrible hallucinations for a 
long period, without their existence being suspected even 
by their moat intimate associates. 
F . B. Wiiulmr, Obscure Diseases of the Brain, Ix. 
Monomastiga (mon-6-mas'ti-ga), . vl. [NL. 
(in neuter) pi. of Monomaslix.) A division of 
flagellate infusorians having one flagellum, 
as the Monadidai, etc. : distinguished from Di- 
mastiga. 
monoinastigate (raon-o-mas'ti-gat), a. [< Gr. 
u6vo$, single, + /wiorff (iiaariy-),& whip,scourge.] 
Having one flagellum ; uniflagellate : said of the 
Monomastiiin . 
Monomastix (mon-o-inas'tiks), n. [NL., < Gr. 
//dVof, single, + '/t&ari$ (ftaarty-), a whip, 
scourge.] A genus of uniflagellate infusori- 
ans proposed by Diesing in 1850, giving name 
to the Monomastiga. 
monome (mon'om). M. [< F. monome = Sp. Pg. 
It. monomio, < NL. 'monomium, for 'moito- 
nomium, < Gr. 6voc, single, + L. nom(en), 
name. Hence monomial. Ct. binomial.) Same monomorphic (mon-o-mpr nk), a. 
as monomial, 
Monomerat (mo-nom'e-i-il), . pi. [NL., < Gr. 
ftovofieptK, consisting of one part, single: see 
monomerous.) A section of coleopterous in- 
sects proposed by Latreille for the reception 
of certain minute species. It Is now known that 
his observations were Imperfect, these insects having real- 
ly several tarsal Joints, and pertaining to families which 
Latreille had included in other groups. 
Monomerosomata (mo-nom*e-ro-s6 ma-ta), . 
[NL. : see moiioinerottoiiiatous.) The aca- 
eo}m : and w ,, h the , 
insect nrt-y 
monomial (m6-no'mi-al),.and. [< mo,,, mononym (mon'6-nim), . [< Gr 
(NL. *mononnum) + -al. Cf. btnomial, mttlttno- having one name, < wowof, single, + &vo/ia, 
mial, polynomial. See also moiuinomial.] 1. a. a name: see onym.J A name consisting of a 
1. In alg,, consisting of only one term, and not single term; a mononomial name in zoology. 
of several added together. 2. Inroo/.and&ot., Coues, The Auk, I. 321. 
same as mononomial Monomial differentiant. mononymic(mon-o-nim'ik), n. [< mononym 
-ic.] Having but one name; named in one word: 
II. . In alg., an expression or quantity con- monO nomial: applied in zoology to a system of 
nomenclature in which the name of each species 
is a single word : opposed to dionymal ana poly- 
onyinic. 
In a mononymic system we should require as many sep- 
arate names as there are objects to be named. 
.'. ir. Dunning, Entomol. Monthly Mag., VIII. 274. 
Pharaoh's Ant i.MaHomcrittm f 
i. female; a, worker. (Lines show natural sizes.' 
gether as the name of something, as the em- 
ployment of the name iter for a part of the 
brain usually called iter a tertio adquartum rfn- 
tricnlum. [Rare.] 
The desired mononymizatinn Is best attained by slmpl) 
dropping the superfluous genitive [In the phrase "torcu- 
larHerophlli"). 
BucVt Handbook of Mtd. Selenea, VIII. 525, notr 
mononymize (mon'o-nim-iz), r. *. ; pret. and 
pp. mononymized, ppr. mononijmi:inij. [< mono- 
nym + -ize.) To convert (a polynomial name) 
into a mononym. 
Mononyz (mon'6-niks), 11. [NL., < Gr. ptvof, 
single, + liwf, anail: see onyi.~\ In entom.: (a) 
The typical genus of Mononychina', founded bj" 
Laporte in 1837. M. amplieoUis is a large, broad 
South American species; M. stygius is found in 
the southern United States, (fef) An unused 
genus of coleopterous insects. BrtilM, 1838. 
as 
to Europe, though it has generally been considered of 
American origin ; It is now almost cosmopolitan. It does 
no great damage, but Is troublesome from its myriads, Its 
habit of overrunning almost everything in the house that 
ia eatable, and the great difficulty or Impossibility of its monoSUSian (mon-O-8 81-an), a. 
extermination. monoousious. 
[As mono- monoousious (mon-o-8'si-us), a. [< LGr. fiovo- 
phic character: said of a number of animals substance; consisting of the same matter: used 
collectively, or of the zoSlogical group which to describe the Sabellian confounding of God 
they constitute: as, birds are a highly mono- the Father and God the Son. 
morphic class of animals. 2. In entom., having monoparesis (mon-o-par'e-sis), n. [NL.,<Gr. 
but one form, structure, or morphological char- pawf, single, + xApcotf, a weakening, paralysis : 
acter; identical or invariable in form through- se e paresis.'} lapathol., the paresis of a single 
out successive stages of development ; mono- part of the body, as of one limb. 
mata mites; and t'tutommaia, me i-yenoyomaee. specim-auy up] 
wood interposed Adtlarthrowmata between the second sec ts which in their larval state are similar in 
and the third of these. form to tlj e perfect insect, though wingless. 
TT~^^^^ 
monomcroim), + aa/ia (ou/iar-), body.] "- 
the body all in one piece or mass " 
parently unsegmented 
' , , j terato j double monster, each per- 
but UIllttld ^ the 
a common 
mfrosomatoiiH. polymerosomatous, eU'. 
monomerous (mo-nom'e-rus), a. [< Gr. ftovo- 
//tyj//t, eonsistinp'of one part, < fiowf, single, + 
fti'imf, part.] 1. In :oiil., having the tarsi 
single-jointed; uuiarticulate, as a tarsus; spe- 
cifically, of or pertaining to the Monoinera. 2. 
In fto/.'. having but one member in each cycle 
(pistil, stamen, petal, or sepal): 
flower. Compare <limrn>Ms, 2. 
Gr.'/Hwf, single, + ffo&r, suffering.] "It. Soli- 
tary suffering or sensibility. 
Ever)- one calculateth his nativity, and sentnceth Mt 
own future fate, by crying at his birth ; not coming only 
from the body's monopotAy, or sole suffering by change of 
its warm quarters ; but, according to some, from syrapat by 
iBhiil from the Father of Spirits. 
p. 32. (Latham.) 
~-^ , - . ,r . Ollltr 111 cl LUIUIllUIl U1IJ 7111J HO. 
taining to the MoHomerosomata, or having their Monomyaria (mon'6-mi-a'ri-a), n. pi. [NL., < 
< : haract l r !:..' 1S . a .,'.: li . t( :.:,.. <1 . i .,^, i S iS ^. d fr m "'- Or. K ,in f le,+ /jr.-, muscle, + .-aria.) An 2 In tto/ . f a ^^ or rf ectlon in whiph 
order of bivalve mollusks with a single aaduc- on i v one or^n or function is disordered. 
tor muscle, orwith one such muscle enlarged at m onopersonal (raon-o-per'son-al), a. [< Gr. 
the expense of another, subcentral in position u6wf, single. + L. persona, person: seep' 
and remote from the pallial margin. The order ' 
contains the scallops, oysters, pearl-oysters, and related 
forms, and Is nearly coincident with Anphonata. 
Ulnk-r 
, . 
said o'f 11 monomyarian(mon f o-mi-a'ri-an\ n. and it. [< 
+ -tin.] ' I. . Having one adiluc- 
al.) In tkeol., having but one person or one 
ggg cu , mode of existence. 
monopetalous (mon-o-pet'a-lus), a. [= F 
iiiiiiiiijii'tuli = Sp. moMOpflalo = Pp. It. mono- 
i:< till,,. < (<r. HI-(;. single, + r/ro/or, leaf (pet- 
