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monaxonal

monaxonal adjective: having one axis.

Adjective

monaxonal (not comparable)

  1. Having one axis.
    • In this group the skeleton is composed of monaxonal and tri- and tetractinal spicules of calcium carbonate.1967, James Herdman Wilmoth, Biology of Invertebrata, page 58
    • With a reticulate, fibrous skeleton of spongin spined by unique monaxonal spicules pointed at one end, blunt at other and bearing whorls of small spines along their length.1984, A Synoptic Classification of Living Organisms, →ISBN, page 138

Origin of monaxonal

From monaxon + -al.

Questions about monaxonal

What does monaxonal mean?
Monaxonal means having one axis.
What part of speech is monaxonal?
Monaxonal is an adjective.

Words near monaxonal in the dictionary

  1. monauls
  2. monaural
  3. monaurally
  4. monaxial
  5. monaxon
  6. monaxonal
  7. monaxonic
  8. monaxonid
  9. monaxons
  10. monazite
  11. monazites

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