Dictionary: MON'O-CULE – MO-NOL'O-GIST

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MON'O-CULE, a. [supra.]

An insect with one eye. Pennant.

MON-O-DAC'TYL-OUS, a. [Gr. μονος and δακτυλος.]

Having one finger or toe only.

MON'O-DIST, n.

One who writes a monody. Scott.

MON'O-DON, n. [Gr. μονοδους, having one tooth or shoot.]

The sea-unicorn, a cetaceous mammal, which has a remarkable horn-like tusk projeeting from its head. There is a rudiment of another tusk, but only one of them is usually developed. It is called also the monoceros, or horned narwhal. Its usual size is from sixteen to twenty feet. Curvier. Encyc.

MON'O-DRAM, a. [Gr. μονος and δραμα.]

A dramatic performance by a single person.

MON-O-DRAM-AT'IC, a.

Pertaining to a monodram.

MON'O-DY, n. [Gr. μονῳδια; μονος, sole, and ῳδη, song.]

A song or poem sung by one person only. Johnson.

MON'O-GAM, n. [Gr. μονος, sole, and γαμη, marriage.]

In botany, a plant that has a simple flower, though the anthers are united. Lee.

MON-O-GAM'I-AN, a.

Pertaining to the order of plants that have a simple flower, with united anthers.

MO-NOG'AM-IST, a. [supra.]

One who disallows second marriages. Johnson.

MO-NOG'A-MOUS, a.

Having one wife only and not permitted to marry a second.

MO-NOG'A-MY, n. [supra.]

The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife. Bp. Hall.

MON'O-GRAM, n. [Gr. μονος, sole, and γραμμα, letter.]

A character or cipher composed of one, two or more letten interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name, used on seals, &c. Encyc.

MON'O-GRAM-MAL, a.

Sketching in the manner of a monogram. Fotherby.

MON-O-GRAM'MIC, a.

Pertaining to a monogram.

MON'O-GRAPH, n. [Gr. μονος, sole, and γραφη, description.]

An account or description of a single thing or class of things as, a monograph of violets in botany; a monograph of an Egyptian mummy. Journ. of Science.

MON-O-GRAPH'IC, or MON-O-GRAPHIC-AL, a.

  1. Drawn in lines without colors. Bailey. Ash.
  2. Pertaining to a monograph.

MON-O-GRAPH'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In the manner of a monograph; in the form of a monograph.

MO-NOG'RA-PHIST, n.

One who writes a monograph. Keith.

MO-NOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. μονος, sole, and γραφω, to describe.]

A description drawn in lines without colors. Qu. should not this be monogram?

MON'O-GYN, n. [Gr. μονος, sole, and γυνη, a female.]

In botany, a plant having only one style or stigma. Smith.

MON-O-GYN'I-AN, a.

Pertaining to the order Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

MON'O-LITH, n. [Gr. μονος, and λιθος, a stone.]

A single stone.

MON-O-LITH'IC, a.

Consisting of a single stone; as, monolithic temples of Nubia. Russel.

MO-NOL'O-GIST, n. [Gr. μονος, sole, and λογος, λεγω, to speak.]

One who soliloquizes.