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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Monotype

/män'-ət-īpˌ/ · Mon·o·type · IPA /ˈmɑnoʊˌtaɪp/
01 a. Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
  1. 1.
    Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.(Biol.)
02 The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.
  1. 1.
    The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.(Biol.)
  2. 2.
    A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints.
  3. 3.
    A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.