Definition of Monopode

1. n. One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot.

Definition of Monopode

1. Noun. Someone or something with one foot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monopode

1. a creature having one foot [n -S]

Medical Definition of Monopode

1. 1. One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot. 2. A monopodium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monopode

monophysitism
monophyte
monoplane
monoplane flying fish
monoplanes
monoplasmatic
monoplast
monoplastic
monoplasts
monoplegia
monoploid
monoploids
monoploidy
monopneumona
monopod
monopode (current term)
monopodes
monopodia
monopodial
monopodially
monopodies
monopodium
monopods
monopody
monopolar
monopolar cautery
monopole
monopoler
monopolers
monopoles

Literary usage of Monopode

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"850. monopode (mon'o-pod), a. and». ... one-footed: see monopode.'] In bot., an axis of growth which continues to extend at the apex in the direction of ..."

2. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"The explanation is that the axis of inflorescence in such cases, continuous as it appears to be, is not a simple one, is not a monopode, but. ..."

3. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"The explanation is that the axis of inflorescence in such cases, continuous as it appears to be, is not a simple one, is not a monopode, ..."

4. Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society by Edinburgh Obstetrical Society (1898)
"... foetus monstres doni l'un acéphale et l'autre monopode. Musée d'Anatomie de la Faculté de Méd. de Strasbourg, p. 5, 1852. Illustrated. 58. ..."

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