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monorhinal

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mon⋅o⋅rhi⋅nous

[mon-uh-rahy-nuhs]
–adjective Zoology.
having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
Also, mon⋅o⋅rhi⋅nal, mon⋅o⋅rhine.


Origin:
1900–05; mono- + -rhinous < Gk -rhinos -nosed, adj. deriv. of rhīs, s. rhin- nose; see -ous
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