At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding
expanse attracts attention.
W. Irving.
||Mon`o*trem"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; hole.]
||(Zoöl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of
||the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds.
||The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and
||Echidna.
Mon`o*trem"a*tous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.
Mon"o*treme (?), n. [Cf. F. monotrème.] (Zoöl.) One of the Monotremata.
Mon`o*tri"glyph (?), n. [Mono- + triglyph: cf. F. monotriglyphe.]
(Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only
one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.
||Mo*not"ro*pa (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; turn, from &?;
||to turn.] (Bot.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including
||the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of
||the stem.
{ Mon"o*type (?), Mon`o*typ"ic (?), } a. [Mono- + -type: cf. F.
monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one
representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
Mo*nov"a*lent (?), a. [Mono- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.
Mo*nox"ide (?), n. [Mon- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing one atom
of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.
||Mo*nox"y*lon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; made from one piece
||of wood; mo`nos alone + &?; wood.] A canoe or boat made from one
||piece of timber.
Mo*nox"y*lous (?), a. [See Monoxylon.] Made of one piece of wood.
||Mon`o*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. mo`nos single + zo^,on an
||animal.] (Zoöl.) A division of Radiolaria; -- called also
||Monocyttaria. -- Mon`o*zo"ic (#), a.
Mon*roe" doc"trine. See under Doctrine.
||Mon`sei`gneur" (?), n.; pl. Messeigneurs (#). [F., fr. mon my +
||seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and cf. Monsieur.] My
||lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as,
||Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given,
||specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev.
||Mgr.)
Mon"sel's salt` (?). (Med.) A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from
Monsel, a Frenchman.
Mon"sel's so*lu"tion (?). [See Monsel's salt.] (Med.) An aqueous
solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
||Mon*sieur" (?), n.; pl. Messieurs (#). [F., fr. mon my + Sieur,
||abbrev. of seigneur lord. See Monseigneur.] 1. The common title of
||civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir.
||[Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by
||MM. or Messrs. in the plural.]