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Mo*nog"a*my (?), n. [L.
monogamia, Gr. &?;: cf. F. monogamie.]
1. Single marriage; marriage with but one
person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to
polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to
deuterogamy.

2. (Zoöl.) State of being paired
with a single mate.

Mon`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Mono- +
Gr. &?; belly.] Having but a single stomach.

Mon`o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Mono- +
genesis.] 1. Oneness of origin; esp.
(Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a
single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also
monism. Dana. Haeckel.

2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction
which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in
the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals;
asexual reproduction. Haeckel.

3. (Biol.) The direct development of
an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the
parent organism; -- opposed to metagenesis.


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