MONOGENY | • monogeny n. Synonym of monogenesis. • monogeny n. (Anthropology) The doctrine that all of the members of the human race have a common origin. • MONOGENY n. the (theoretical) common origin of the human species, esp. from one pair of ancestors. |
MONOGENIC | • monogenic adj. Of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism. • monogenic adj. (Genetics) regulated by a single gene. • monogenic adj. Producing offspring of only one sex. |
MONOGENEAN | • monogenean n. Any of the many trematode flatworms of the class Monogenea, mostly ectoparasites on fish. • MONOGENEAN n. a monogenetic trematode, a kind of parasitic flatworm. |
MONOGENIES | • MONOGENY n. the (theoretical) common origin of the human species, esp. from one pair of ancestors. |
MONOGENISM | • monogenism n. The theory that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species. • MONOGENISM n. the doctrine of the common descent of all living things, or of any particular group (esp. mankind) from one ancestor or pair. |
MONOGENIST | • monogenist n. (Anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species. • MONOGENIST n. a believer in monogenism. |
MONOGENOUS | • monogenous adj. (Biology) Relating to monogenesis. • monogenous adj. (Mathematics) Having a single differential coefficient considered as a rule of generation. • MONOGENOUS adj. of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction. |
MONOGENEANS | • monogeneans n. Plural of monogenean. • MONOGENEAN n. a monogenetic trematode, a kind of parasitic flatworm. |
MONOGENESES | • monogeneses n. Plural of monogenesis. • MONOGENESIS n. the development of an offspring from a parent like itself. |
MONOGENESIS | • monogenesis n. (Anthropology) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. • monogenesis n. (Linguistics) The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source. • monogenesis n. (Biology, medicine) Development of the ovum from a parent like itself. |
MONOGENETIC | • monogenetic adj. Having a single source, originating in one place at a single moment. • monogenetic adj. (Biology, linguistics) of or pertaining to monogenesis. • monogenetic adj. (Genetics) Misspelling of monogenic. |
MONOGENISMS | • MONOGENISM n. the doctrine of the common descent of all living things, or of any particular group (esp. mankind) from one ancestor or pair. |
MONOGENISTS | • monogenists n. Plural of monogenist. • MONOGENIST n. a believer in monogenism. |
MONOGENISTIC | • monogenistic adj. Monogenic. • MONOGENISTIC adj. relating to monogenism, the doctrine of the common descent of all living things. |
MONOGENICALLY | • monogenically adv. In a monogenic manner. • MONOGENIC adv. of e.g. rocks, having a single origin, formed in a single way or by a single process, also MONOGENETIC. |