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Definition of monogenean in English: monogeneanadjective mɒnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪənˌmɒnə(ʊ)dʒɪˈniːənˌmänəˈjēnēən Zoology Relating to a group of flukes that are chiefly external or gill parasites of fish and only require a single host. Compare with digenean Example sentencesExamples - Unionicolid mites and monogenean trematodes are often found feeding upon the mantle and branchial tissue.
noun mɒnə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪənˌmɒnə(ʊ)dʒɪˈniːənˌmänəˈjēnēən Zoology A monogenean fluke. Class Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes; sometimes treated as a subclass of the class Trematoda Example sentencesExamples - Unlike monogeneans, trematodes have no opisthoaptor; instead, they are characterized by one or two suckers.
- These peptides and FMRFamide excite the muscle cells and fibers of tubellarians, digeneans, and monogeneans.
Origin 1960s: from modern Latin Monogenea (from Greek monos 'single' + genea 'generation') + -an. Rhymes Actaeon, Aegean, aeon (US eon), Augean, Behan, Cadmean, Caribbean, Carolean, Chaldean, Cyclopean, empyrean, epicurean, European, Fijian, Galilean, Hasmonean, Hebridean, Herculean, Ian, Jacobean, Kampuchean, Laodicean, lien, Linnaean (US Linnean), Maccabean, Mandaean (US Mandean), Medicean, Nabataean (US Nabatean), Orphean, paean, paeon, pean, peon, Periclean, piscean, plebeian, Pyrenean, Pythagorean, Sabaean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, skean, Tanzanian, Tennesseean, Terpsichorean, theodicean, Tyrolean Definition of monogenean in US English: monogeneanadjectiveˌmänəˈjēnēən Zoology Relating to a group of flukes that are chiefly external or gill parasites of fish and only require a single host. Compare with digenean Example sentencesExamples - Unionicolid mites and monogenean trematodes are often found feeding upon the mantle and branchial tissue.
nounˌmänəˈjēnēən Zoology A monogenean fluke. Class Monogenea, phylum Platyhelminthes; sometimes treated as a subclass of the class Trematoda Example sentencesExamples - Unlike monogeneans, trematodes have no opisthoaptor; instead, they are characterized by one or two suckers.
- These peptides and FMRFamide excite the muscle cells and fibers of tubellarians, digeneans, and monogeneans.
Origin 1960s: from modern Latin Monogenea (from Greek monos ‘single’ + genea ‘generation’) + -an. |