monorhinous

monorhinous
/mon'euh ruy"neuhs/, adj. Zool.
having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
Also, monorhinal, monorhine.
[1900-05; MONO- + -rhinous < Gk -rhinos -nosed, adj. deriv. of rhis, s. rhin- nose; see -OUS]

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  • monorhinous — /mon euh ruy neuhs/, adj. Zool. having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes. Also, monorhinal, monorhine. [1900 05; MONO + rhinous < Gk rhinos nosed, adj. deriv. of rhis, s. rhin nose; see OUS] …   Useful english dictionary

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