mono centric (monosentrik)

[ 3837 Dogs, introduced by Jacob Bartsch in 1624.3. The narwhal, Monodon monoceros.-4. [ cap.] In zool.: (a) A genus of prosobranch i ates of the family Muricida, so called from the large spine on the outer lip; the unicorn-shells. There are several species from the west coast of America. Lamarck, 1809. (b) A genus of balistoid fishes. Bloch and Schneider, 1801. monocerous (mo-nos'e-rus), a. Monoceros imbrica [ monoceros .] Having one horn or horn-like part; unicorn. monochasial (mon-ō-kā'si-al), a. [ -al .] In bot . , pertaining tum. to or resembling a monochasium. monochasium (mon-ō-kā'si-um), n.; pl. mono chasia (-a). [NL., cyme: a term proposed by Eichler. Mono chi to nid a (mon"ō-ki-ton'i-da), n. pl. [NL. (cf. Gr. μονοχίτων, wearing only a tunic), n. II. n. A member of the Mono chi to nid a , as a salp or doliolid. Monochlamydeæ (mon"ō-kla-mid'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (A. P. de Candolle, 1819), fem. pl. of mon ochlamydeus: see monochlamydeous.] A division of dicotyledonous plants, characterized by apetalous flowers-that is, flowers with a perianth of a single row of envelops-and so distinguished from the divisions Poly petalæ and Ga mopetalæ, which have two rows, or both calyx and corolla; the Apetale. It includes 36 orders, among them the amaranth, chenopod, buckwheat, pepper, laurel, euphorbia, nettle, walnut, oak, and willow families. monochlamydeous (mon"ō-kla-mid'ē-us), a. [ χλαμύς (χλαμυδ-), α cloak: see chlamys.] In bot., having a sin gle instead of a dou ble perianth: applied to flowers. The mi ing set is considered to be the inner, or corolla. Compare achlamydeous and dichla mydeous. See Monochla nicus of the Japanese seas. large spines. Ja There is but one species, Monocentris japoMonocentris (mon-o-sen'tris), n. [NL., Monocentrus.