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mo·nog·y·ny
/
məˈnɒdʒ
ə
ni
/
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noun
1.
the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
2.
(of a male animal) the condition of having one mate at a time.
3.
(in social insects) the condition of having one functioning queen in a
colony
.
4.
Botany
.
the condition of having one pistil.
Origin:
1875–80;
mono-
+
Greek
-gynia,
equivalent to
gyn
(
ḗ
) woman, wife +
-ia
-y
3
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mo·nog·y·nous,
mon·o·gyn·ic
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ɪk
/
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mon·o·gyn·i·ous,
adjective
mo·nog·y·nist,
noun
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organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
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method of forming complex organic materials using sunlight as energy source
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monogyny
(mɒˈnɒdʒɪnɪ)
—
n
the custom of having only one female sexual partner over a period of time
mo'nogynist
—
n
mo'nogynous
—
adj
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