monogynousadj.

Brit.

/məˈnɒdʒᵻnəs/,

/mɒˈnɒdʒᵻnəs/, U.S.

/məˈnɑdʒənəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -gynous comb. form.

Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -gynous comb. form. In sense 1 after Monogynia n.; compare also scientific Latin monogynus (1762 or earlier).

1. Botany. Originally: †belonging to or designating the Linnaean order Monogynia (obsolete). In later use: having only one pistil, style, or stigma. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having style, pistil, or female parts > having specific quantity, form, or arrangement

capitated1682

included1751

pinheaded1751

monogynous1757

pentagynous1772

trigynous1775

monogynian1787

polygynous1795

pin-eyed1810

heptagynian1828

pentagynian1828

polygynian1828

tetragynian1828

octagynous1836

stigmatose1840

polygynious1841

heptagynious1854

monogynious1857

octagynious1857

pentagynious1857

tetragynious1860

tetrastylous1860

trigynious1860

monogynic1891

tristigmatose1891

tristylous1891

tetragynous1899

tristigmatic1900

1757 J. Hill Eden 18/1 The Student, from this Example, will learn how to dispose all other Plants, whose Flower has six Threads and a single Style: they are of the hexandrous and the monogynous Kind.

1816 P. Keith Syst. Physiol. Bot. I. 117 Sometimes the pistil is single or solitary..the flower is [then] said to be monogynous.

1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon (at cited word) Flowers having but a single style are said to be monogynous, as in Primula.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 274 A flower with One carpel or One style is Monogynous.

1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 569/2 A flower with a simple pistil is monogynous; with two carpels, digynous; with three carpels, trigynous, &c.

2. gen. Of or relating to monogyny (monogyny n. 1). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy > relating to or practising monogyny

monogynous1890

1890 Cent. Dict. Monogynous, having only one wife; living in monogyny; monogamous, as a man.

1906 19th Cent. Feb. 223 The Report [on the decline of the birth-rate in New South Wales]..stigmatises the married state of those who practise it [sc. limitation of offspring] as one of ‘monogynous prostitution’.

a. Zoology. Of a male animal: pairing with only one female. Of a mating system: characterized by such pairing. rare until the 1980s.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Monogynous, having only one female mate.

1985 Bird Study 32 199 Females and polygynous males [sc. marsh harriers] took larger prey after the young had hatched than did monogynous males.

1996 Amer. Jrnl. Primatol. 38 47 Male and female roles in the maintenance of a monogynous mating system [sc. in golden lion tamarins] are considered in light of these results.

1997 Behaviour 134 337 Polygynous males [sc. starlings] deposited the same amount of greenery in their first nest as monogynous males.

b. Entomology. Of a colony of social insects, esp. ants: having a single queen. Of a social insect: characterized by such colonies.

ΚΠ

1922 W. M. Wheeler in Sci. Monthly 15 130 At least most of the Polistinæ are monogynous.

1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xvii. 331/2 The queen starts a colony by herself, with or without the help of workers, and the colony remains monogynous.

1976 Science 23 Jan. 249 Sex ratios in monogynous ants and in trapnested wasps are..inversely related to the relative cost in these species of producing a male instead of a female.

1997 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 40 71 In this species [of wasp], colonies are normally polygynous but new queens are produced only after a colony reaches the monogynous state.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monogynous
释义	monogynousadj. Brit. /məˈnɒdʒᵻnəs/, /mɒˈnɒdʒᵻnəs/, U.S. /məˈnɑdʒənəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mono- comb. form, -gynous comb. form. Etymology: < mono- comb. form + -gynous comb. form. In sense 1 after Monogynia n.; compare also scientific Latin monogynus (1762 or earlier). 1. Botany. Originally: †belonging to or designating the Linnaean order Monogynia (obsolete). In later use: having only one pistil, style, or stigma. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having style, pistil, or female parts > having specific quantity, form, or arrangement capitated1682 included1751 pinheaded1751 monogynous1757 pentagynous1772 trigynous1775 monogynian1787 polygynous1795 pin-eyed1810 heptagynian1828 pentagynian1828 polygynian1828 tetragynian1828 octagynous1836 stigmatose1840 polygynious1841 heptagynious1854 monogynious1857 octagynious1857 pentagynious1857 tetragynious1860 tetrastylous1860 trigynious1860 monogynic1891 tristigmatose1891 tristylous1891 tetragynous1899 tristigmatic1900 1757 J. Hill Eden 18/1 The Student, from this Example, will learn how to dispose all other Plants, whose Flower has six Threads and a single Style: they are of the hexandrous and the monogynous Kind. 1816 P. Keith Syst. Physiol. Bot. I. 117 Sometimes the pistil is single or solitary..the flower is [then] said to be monogynous. 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon (at cited word) Flowers having but a single style are said to be monogynous, as in Primula. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 274 A flower with One carpel or One style is Monogynous. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 569/2 A flower with a simple pistil is monogynous; with two carpels, digynous; with three carpels, trigynous, &c. 2. gen. Of or relating to monogyny (monogyny n. 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [adjective] > of or relating to monogamy > relating to or practising monogyny monogynous1890 1890 Cent. Dict. Monogynous, having only one wife; living in monogyny; monogamous, as a man. 1906 19th Cent. Feb. 223 The Report [on the decline of the birth-rate in New South Wales]..stigmatises the married state of those who practise it [sc. limitation of offspring] as one of ‘monogynous prostitution’. 3. a. Zoology. Of a male animal: pairing with only one female. Of a mating system: characterized by such pairing. rare until the 1980s. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Monogynous, having only one female mate. 1985 Bird Study 32 199 Females and polygynous males [sc. marsh harriers] took larger prey after the young had hatched than did monogynous males. 1996 Amer. Jrnl. Primatol. 38 47 Male and female roles in the maintenance of a monogynous mating system [sc. in golden lion tamarins] are considered in light of these results. 1997 Behaviour 134 337 Polygynous males [sc. starlings] deposited the same amount of greenery in their first nest as monogynous males. b. Entomology. Of a colony of social insects, esp. ants: having a single queen. Of a social insect: characterized by such colonies. ΚΠ 1922 W. M. Wheeler in Sci. Monthly 15 130 At least most of the Polistinæ are monogynous. 1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies xvii. 331/2 The queen starts a colony by herself, with or without the help of workers, and the colony remains monogynous. 1976 Science 23 Jan. 249 Sex ratios in monogynous ants and in trapnested wasps are..inversely related to the relative cost in these species of producing a male instead of a female. 1997 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 40 71 In this species [of wasp], colonies are normally polygynous but new queens are produced only after a colony reaches the monogynous state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas monogynous Categories » Forming adjectives, < modern Latin -gyn-us ( < Greek -γυνος adj. termination, < γυν-ή woman, female) + -ous suffix; used as = ‘having…female organs or pistils’, as in monogynous having one pistil, tetragynous having four pistils, etc., androgynous having stamens and pistils on the same flower or same plant. (Cf. -androus comb. form.) extracted from -gynouscomb. form < adj.1757 as lemmas
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monogynousadj.

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