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单词 monopterous
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monopterousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -pterous comb. form.
Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -pterous comb. form. Compare French monoptère (1798 in this sense). Compare dipterous adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mǫ̆nǫ·ptĕrəs) /məˈnɒptərəs/.
Botany. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Of a seed, esp. an ash seed: having one wing.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monopterus, having but one wing, as the carcerula of the Fraxinus: monopterous.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 753/1 Monopterous, Having one wing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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