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English
Etymology
From mono- + typic.
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Adjective
monotypic (not comparable)
- (taxonomy) Relating to or exhibiting monotypy.
1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:Much more diffuse affinities occur to the Australasian monotypic Goebeliellaceae.
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- (antonym(s) of “relating to monotypy”): polytypic
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