monoculen.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnə(ʊ)kjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnəˌkjul/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin monoculus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin monoculus (see monoculus n.). Compare French monocule one-eyed creature (1775 in Voltaire; 1611 in Cotgrave as adjective), Spanish monóculo (17th cent.).

rare.

1. Zoology. Any aquatic arthropod originally placed in the Linnaean genus Monoculus (see monoculus n. 3), esp. a cladoceran water-flea. In quot. 1829: a thing appearing as minute as a water-flea.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > genus Monoculus > member of

monocule1771

monocle1772

1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 33 Monocule, King's Crab, Monoculus Polyphemus.

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 285 Little moving things, no bigger than mites, were bustling about, and now and then I could perceive one or two of these diminutive monocules venturing upon [a tight rope].

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 555/2 Monocule, an animal possessing a single eye, as the Water Flea Daphnia.

†2. A one-eyed person or creature, as the Cyclops. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > person having one

monoculus1597

monoculist1622

monoculite1718

monops1743

monocule1832

monocular1885

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 667 The orifice in the forehead of the Monocule abhorr'd.

1897 N. Amer. Rev. 165 105 There was Dr. O'Leary, a magniloquent monocule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monocule
释义	monoculen. Brit. /ˈmɒnə(ʊ)kjuːl/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌkjul/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin monoculus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin monoculus (see monoculus n.). Compare French monocule one-eyed creature (1775 in Voltaire; 1611 in Cotgrave as adjective), Spanish monóculo (17th cent.). rare. 1. Zoology. Any aquatic arthropod originally placed in the Linnaean genus Monoculus (see monoculus n. 3), esp. a cladoceran water-flea. In quot. 1829: a thing appearing as minute as a water-flea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > miscellaneous types > genus Monoculus > member of monocule1771 monocle1772 1771 J. R. Forster Catal. Animals N. Amer. 33 Monocule, King's Crab, Monoculus Polyphemus. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 285 Little moving things, no bigger than mites, were bustling about, and now and then I could perceive one or two of these diminutive monocules venturing upon [a tight rope]. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 555/2 Monocule, an animal possessing a single eye, as the Water Flea Daphnia. †2. A one-eyed person or creature, as the Cyclops. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > person having one monoculus1597 monoculist1622 monoculite1718 monops1743 monocule1832 monocular1885 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 667 The orifice in the forehead of the Monocule abhorr'd. 1897 N. Amer. Rev. 165 105 There was Dr. O'Leary, a magniloquent monocule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1771
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