monotypaladj.
/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)ˌtʌɪpəl/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌtaɪpəl/ Biology. Now rare.
= monotypic adj.
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perfect1684
typical1847
monotypous1857
monotypical1873
monotypic1874
monotype1885
monotypal1888
topotypical1900
allotypic1912
haplotypic1914
1888 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 233 A group of trees—large, not very numerous, and usually monotypal—which deserves attention because of what it has been in the past.
1896 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med., Biol. & Allied Sci. 778/2 Monotypal,..having but a single type or form, as a monotypal disease or genus.
1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 3167/1 The curious animal called the duck-billed platypus, ornithorhynchus,or duckbill..is monotypal,..monotypic,..or monotypous,..that is, of the nature of a monotype, for it is the only living creature of its kind.
1987 Today's Aquarium Dec. 13/1 Characodon lateralis is the sole species of the genus Characodon. The genus Zoogoneticus is also monotypal: Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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