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The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to monoecious.

), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont. -- n.

The condition of being diplostemonous.

A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as:

and a bill resembling that of a duck (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole. -- To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to mak…

A species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

ryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

nly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese.

he human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.

Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland.

Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Fancy fair, a…

easy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. -- Fatty clays. See under Clay. -- Fatty…

Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition. How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world. Shak.

A sulphide of antimony, lead, and silver, occuring in monoclinic crystals.

Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.