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monocephalous en · ADJ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μονοκέφαλος (monoképhalos). By surface analysis, mono- + -cephalous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having a single head. ▸ said of unbranched composite plants.
    • monocephalous branches
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Having a single head. ▸ Having one leader.
    • monocephalous presidency

Coordinates

bicephalous · tricephalous · pentacephalous · pentacephalous · tetracephalous · bicephalous · tricephalous · tetracephalous

Translations (3)

fi yksipäinen (having a single head) · pl jednogłowy (having a single head) · fr monocéphale (having a single head)