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say it: MAH-nuh-tahyp
monotype is a noun meaning "(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
biology
the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate
a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for monotype come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.