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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In zoology, having the tarsi single-jointed; uniarticulate, as a tarsus; specifically, of or pertaining to the Monomera.
  2. In botany, having but one member in each cycle (pistil, stamen, petal, or sepal): said of a flower. Compare dimerous, 2.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. botany Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
  2. adj. zoology Having only one joint; said of the foot of certain insects.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Bot.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
  2. adj. (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.

Etymologies

  1. Ancient Greek single, alone + part. (Wiktionary)

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