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单词 monocotylous
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monocotylousadj.1

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monocotylus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin monocotylus (H. M. D. de Blainville in F. Cuvier Dict. des sciences Naturelles (1828) LVII. 556; < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + κοτύλη : see cotyle n.) + -ous suffix. Compare French monocotyle (1825 in Latreille). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫnokǫ·tiləs) /mɒnəʊˈkɒtɪləs/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Designating a group of parasitic worms that have a mouth but no anus.Cf. the genus name Monocotyle (family Monocotylidae), which comprises monogenean ectoparasites of fish.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monocotylus, applied by Blainville to a Family (Monocotyla) of the Entozoa myzocephala, comprehending those of which the body has but one vent: monocotylous. Applied by Latreille to a Family (same term) of the Acephala Cyclomorpha, comprehending those which have a distinct mouth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

monocotylousadj.2

Brit. /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈkɒtᵻləs/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈkɑdələs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monocotyl n., -ous suffix.
Etymology: < monocotyl n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier monocotyle adj., monocotyledonous adj.In quot. 1905 translating German monokotyl (1900 in the passage translated in quot. 1905; 1878 in a work title as †monocotyl).
Botany.
= monocotyledonous adj.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > mono-, di-, or polycotyledonous
monocotyledonous1770
dicotyledonous1785
polycotyledonous1800
monocotyle1828
monocotyledonous1849
dictyogenous1852
dicotyledonary1870
monocotylous1905
monocot1938
polycotyledonary1989
monocotyl1995
1905 I. B. Balfour tr. C. E. von Goebel Organogr. Plants II. 327 The seedlings..have the ordinary leaf-form of monocotylous plants.
1985 Behavioral Ecol. 17 171 The mealybugs are extremely polyphagous and feed on many different monocotylous and dicotylous angiosperms.
1999 Flora (Jena) 194 49 Some monocotylous seedlings occur among normally dicotylous species in Anemone, Pulsatilla and Clematis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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