MONOTYPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does monotype mean? • MONOTYPE (noun)
The noun MONOTYPE has 2 senses:
1. (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
2. a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
Familiarity information: MONOTYPE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MONOTYPE (noun)
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("monotype" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Meaning:
A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("monotype" is a kind of...):
typesetting machine (a printer that sets textual material in type)
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