† monocyclousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monocyclus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin monocyclus (Lamarck 1804, in Ann. du Museum National d'Hist. Nat. 4 214; < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + κύκλος cycle n.¹) + -ous suffix. Compare French monocycle, adjective (1804 in Lamarck). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫnosi·kləs) /mɒnəʊˈsɪkləs/.

Conchology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Of a gastropod shell: circumscribed by a filament at the base.

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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monocyclus, applied to the Scalaria monocycla, because its last turn is circumscribed at the base by a transversal filament: monocyclous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	monocyclous
释义	† monocyclousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monocyclus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin monocyclus (Lamarck 1804, in Ann. du Museum National d'Hist. Nat. 4 214; < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + κύκλος cycle n.¹) + -ous suffix. Compare French monocycle, adjective (1804 in Lamarck). N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫnosi·kləs) /mɒnəʊˈsɪkləs/. Conchology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. Of a gastropod shell: circumscribed by a filament at the base. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monocyclus, applied to the Scalaria monocycla, because its last turn is circumscribed at the base by a transversal filament: monocyclous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1857
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