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.

 

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