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monopode
mon·o·pode [ mónnə pd ] (plural mon·o·podes)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. botany 
Same as  monopodium
2. one-footed animal: a person or animal with a single foot, especially a member of a mythical African race of one-legged people
[Early 19th century. Via Latin monopodius< Greek monopodios< pod- "foot"]

mon·o·po·di·al·ly [ mònnə pṓdee əlee ] adverb
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