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‖ monoculus|məˈnɒkjʊləs|
[late L., irreg. f. Gr. µόν-ος mono- + L. oculus eye.]
1. A one-eyed being.
c1440Alphabet of Tales 389 When he had þurgh raklesnes loste ane of his een and was made monoculus. 1597Bacon Coulers Gd. & Euill Ess. (Arb.) 152 As to a monoculos [sic] it is more to loose one eye, than to a man that hath two eyes. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 20 The Arimaspi (who from wincking when they shoot are said to be Monoculi). 1709Tatler No. 36 ⁋5. Ibid. No. 56 ⁋i. [Used as a proper name.] 1722Quincy Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), Monoculus, is used for a Person having but one Eye. 1819Pantologia, Monoculus,..Monopia. A very uncommon species of monstrosity, in which there is but one eye, and that mostly above the root of the nose.
2. A Linnæan genus of ‘insects’ or minute crustaceans; a member of this genus.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 22, 23. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VII. 288 The Monoculus or Arborescent Water-Flea. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 240/2 The quadricornis, or four-horned monoculus, a very small species about half a line in length. 1848E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 60 So wrote Otho Frederic Müller—filled, by his studies of minute life, with a deep spirit of reverence and admiration of his monoculi. 1880Huxley Crayfish v. 279 The water-fleas or the monoculi of the ponds.
3. a. A bandage for one eye.
1849in Craig. 1875in Knight Dict. Mech.
b. A single eye-glass (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1891). |