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monoped

monoped noun: someone or something that has one leg.

Noun

monoped (plural monopeds)

  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
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    uniped

Adjective

monoped (not comparable)

  1. One-legged; monopedal.
    • 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
    • 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

Examples of monoped in a sentence

  • A monoped can move only by hopping, which consists of alternating flight and stance phases.2007, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control:
  • Being a monoped was an added pregnancy complication.2014, Aviva Drescher, Leggy Blonde: A Memoir:
  • 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:

Synonyms of monoped

Forms of monoped

pluralmonopeds
alternative formmonopod

Origin of monoped

From mono- + -ped.

Questions about monoped

What does monoped mean?
Monoped means someone or something that has one leg.
How do you use monoped in a sentence?
A monoped can move only by hopping, which consists of alternating flight and stance phases.
What part of speech is monoped?
Monoped can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of monoped?
The plural of monoped is monopeds.

Words near monoped in the dictionary

  1. monopathies
  2. monopathophobia
  3. monopathy
  4. monopatrism
  5. monopectinate
  6. monoped
  7. monopedal
  8. monopeds
  9. monopentose
  10. monopentoses
  11. monopeptide

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