monotype Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
  2. noun a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters

WordNet

Mon"o*type, Mon`o*typ"ic adjective (Also<
  • Monotype
  • Monotypic
)
Etymology
Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.
Definitions
  1. (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.

Webster 1913