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Mon`o*dy*nam"ic (?), a. [Mono- +
dynamic.] Possessing but one capacity or power.
"Monodynamic men." De Quincey.

Mon`o*dy"na*mism (?), n. The
theory that the various forms of activity in nature are
manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.

||Mo*nœ"ci*a (?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. Gr. mo`nos single + &?; house.] (Bot.) A
Linnæan class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in
distinct flowers in the same plant.

Mo*nœ"cian (?), a.
1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the
Monœcia; monœcious. -- n.
One of the Monœcia.

2. (Zoöl.) A monœcious
animal, as certain mollusks.

Mo*nœ"cious (?), a.
(Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as
when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant;
hermaphrodite; -- opposed to diœcious.

Mo*nœ"cism (?), n.


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