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A monoclinal fold.

Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.

A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

Any monocotyledonous plant.

Monocotyledonous.

A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe.

Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley.

Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

One who governs alone.

Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.

That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.

A small crustacean with one median eye.

Monocular. Glanvill.

Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

Having but one finger or claw.

One of the Monodelphia.

The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.

Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.