Mon`oph*thon"gal (?), a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a
monophthong.
Mon`o*phy*let"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; of one tribe, fr. mo`nos single + &?;
clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to
development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to
polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
Mo*noph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. mono`fyllos; mo`nos alone + fy`llon leaf:
cf. F. monophylle.] (Bot.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a
monophyllous involucre or calyx.
Mon`o*phy"o*dont (?), a. [Gr. mo`nos single (mo`nos alone + &?; to
produce) + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having but one set of
teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.
Mo*noph"y*site (?), n. [Gr. &?;; mo`nos single + &?; nature: cf. F.
monophysite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect, in the ancient church, who
maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but
one composite nature. Also used adjectively.
Mon`o*phy*sit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their
doctrines.
Mon"o*plast (?), n. [Mono- + -plast.] (Biol.) A monoplastic element.
Mon`o*plas"tic (?), a. [Mono- + -plastic.] (Biol.) That has one form,
or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.
||Mon`ople"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; a stroke.]
||(Med.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.
||Mon`op*neu"mo*na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Mono-, and Pneumonia.] (Zoöl.)
||A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written also
||monopneumonia.]
Mon"o*pode (?), n. 1. One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians
having but one leg and foot. Sir J. Mandeville. Lowell.