monorhinous

 [mon-uh-rahy-nuhs]  

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 < Greek -rhinos -nosed, adj. derivative of rhīs, stem rhin- nose; see -ous
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warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, scaly legs and beak which bear young in shelled eggs
phylum comprised of chordates
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