Mo*nog"a*mous (?), a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. ; single + marriage.]
1.
Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.
2. Bot.
Same as Monogamian.
3. Zool.
Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals.
© Webster 1913.
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