monaxonic
/ˌmɒnəkˈsɒnɪk/Zoology and (now chiefly) Palaeontology
adjective
Of a sponge spicule, coral sclerite, etc.: that has a single axis; = monaxon.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From ancient Greek μόνος + ἀξον-, ἄξων axis + -ic, probably after scientific Latin Monaxonida, order name, or Monaxona, former order name.
- reserve bank
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- reserve clause
- reserve currency
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- reservedness
- reserved occupation
- reserved word
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- reserve fund
- reserve grade
- unprovokable
- unprovoked
- unprovokedly
- unprovoking
- unprudent
- unprudential
- unprudently
- unpruned
- unprying
- unpsychological