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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Monotype \Mon"o*type\, Monotypic \Mon'o*typ"ic\, adjective [Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Monotype \Mon"o*type\,
1. [Mono- + -type.]
1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
monotype
noun
1: (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
2: a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
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