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unigenous

unigenous adjective: of a single type, or genus.

Adjective

unigenous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of a single type, or genus.

Origin of unigenous

From Latin unigena, from unus (“one”) + genere, gignere (“to beget”), + -ous.

Questions about unigenous

What does unigenous mean?
Unigenous means of a single type, or genus.
What part of speech is unigenous?
Unigenous is an adjective.

Words near unigenous in the dictionary

  1. unigenital
  2. unigeniture
  3. Unigenitus
  4. unigenomic
  5. unigenotype
  6. unigenous
  7. uniglandular
  8. uniglobular
  9. uniglomerular
  10. uniglot
  11. uniglots

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