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monoped en · ADJ

Etymology

From mono- + -ped.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) One-legged; monopedal.
   • The final forms of each technique are similar, the exceptions being that stemming skills are not contained in the monoped technique. The numerous methods used to teach the biped skier are also applicable to the monoped student. 1975, Ronald C. Adams, Alfred Daniel, Lee Rullman, Games, sports, and exercises for the physically handicapped, page 241:
   • New-type monoped landing gear is to be fitted, and wing wheels are to retract. 1945, Aviation Week and Space Technology - Volume 44, page 35:
   • Curling organic orange leather armchairs are superbly stylish and comfortable only surpassed by zoomorphic monoped wood and metal tables. 1989, Design - Issues 487-492, page 43:

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monoped en · NOUN

Etymology

From mono- + -ped.

Meanings

1. Someone or something that has one leg.
   • While all animals are not bipeds, there is no animal that is a monoped. 1897, Walter W. Felts, The Voter's Handbook: Natural Law in the Business World, page 82:
   • Being a monoped was an added pregnancy complication. 2014, Aviva Drescher, Leggy Blonde: A Memoir:
   • A monoped can move only by hopping, which consists of alternating flight and stance phases. 2007, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control:
   • After "the lively monoped" was settled, Nurse and "a big Prussian who spoke no English" noticed "the echo of a sob" from a twelve-year-old drummer boy who was having a nightmare. 2007, Louisa May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott's Civil War, page 8:

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Synonyms

uniped