Definition of Monopode. Meaning of Monopode. Synonyms of Monopode

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Definition of Monopode

Monopode
Monopode Mon"o*pode, n. 1. One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot. --Sir J. Mandeville. Lowell. 2. (Bot.) A monopodium.

Meaning of Monopode from wikipedia

- R. J. (1993). "Similarity in multilegged locomotion: Bouncing like a monopode". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 173 (5): 509–517. doi:10.1007/bf00197760...
- hermaphrodites whose bodies were male on one side and female on the other. Minyans Monopodes or Skiapodes, a tribe of one-legged Libyan men who used their gigantic...
- even the fleet-footed—the Up****s, the DeLillos, the Roths—seem like monopodes. Yet what else could I do? I discovered Saul Bellow's prose in my late...