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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 581monothely n. [Gr. monos, one; thelys, woman] Polyandry,with one female being fertilized by many males. monotheliousa.monothetic a. [Gr. monos, one; tithenai, to place] Pertainingto taxa based on only one or a few characters. see polythetic.monotrochous a. [Gr. monos, one; trochous, wheel] (ARTHRO)Having the trochanter composed <strong>of</strong> a single piece.monotrophic see monophagousmonotropic a. [Gr. monos, one; tropikos, a turning] 1. Turningin one direction. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Visiting only onekind <strong>of</strong> flower for nectar. see polytropic.monotype n. [Gr. monos, one; typos, type] A holotype <strong>of</strong> aspecies based on a single specimen.monotypic a. [Gr. monos, one; typos, type] Pertains to ataxon containing only one immediate subordinate taxon, asa genus containing only one species, or a species containingonly one subspecies.monovalent articulation Articulation permitting movement inone mode only; forward and backward, but not up anddown, etc.monovarial a. [Gr. monos, one; L. ovum, egg; arium, producingorgan] Having one ovary.monovoltine see univoltinemonoxenic a. [Gr. monos, one; xenos, guest] Pertaining tothe rearing <strong>of</strong> an organism with only one know species as afood source. see axenic.monoxenous a. [Gr. monos, one; xenos, guest] Living withina single host during a parasite's life cycle. see dixenous.monozoic a. [Gr. monos, one; zoon, animal] (PLATY: Cestoda)Non-strobilated cestodes.monozonian a. [Gr. monos, one; zone, girdle] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)Having a cylindrical sclerite composed <strong>of</strong> fused tergites,pleurites and sternites.montane a. [L. mons, mountain] Pertaining to mountains andconiferous forests <strong>of</strong> mountains.

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