(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:17:02

Mo*not"o*cous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. birth, offspring.]

1. Bot.

Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.

2. Zool.

Uniparous; laying a single egg.

 

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