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monotrichous

monotrichous adjective: having a single flagellum.

Adjective

monotrichous (not comparable)

  1. Having a single flagellum
    • Vibrio cholerae bacteria are monotrichous.

Origin of monotrichous

From mono- + tricho- + -ous.

Words formed from monotrichous

Questions about monotrichous

What does monotrichous mean?
Monotrichous means having a single flagellum.
What part of speech is monotrichous?
Monotrichous is an adjective.

Words near monotrichous in the dictionary

  1. monotrematic
  2. monotrematous
  3. monotreme
  4. monotremes
  5. monotremous
  6. monotrichous
  7. monotrichously
  8. monotriglyph
  9. monotriglyphic
  10. monotriglyphs
  11. monotrimer

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