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Definition of Monotypic
1. Adjective. Consisting of only one type.
Definition of Monotypic
1. Adjective. (biology taxonomy) Of a taxon which only contains one member of the next lesser rank, such as an order which contains a single family. ¹
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Definition of Monotypic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Monotypic
1. Containing only one taxon of the next lower rank (for example applied to a family containing only one genus). Compare: polytypic. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monotypic
Literary usage of Monotypic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evolution, racial and habitudinal by John Thomas Gulick (1905)
"The principles cooperating with independent generation in producing this enhanced
divergence are all causes of simple transformation, or monotypic evolution ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"A monotypic genus is one which has only a single species; a monotypic species is one
... The monotypic genera of the first group are distributed thus: 1. ..."
3. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"monotypic. Galeus Rafinesque, 13; type GALEUS MUSTELUS L. As restricted by Jordan
... monotypic. * Under the head of CECILIA, Lacepède refers to its alleged ..."
4. Cuba and Porto Rico, with the Other Islands of the West Indies: With the by Robert Thomas Hill (1899)
"Continental diversity of their configuration as compared with the monotypic
character of the other islands. The Antil- lean mountain system. ..."
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