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Monotype vs Monotypy - What's the difference?

monotype | monotypy |

As nouns the difference between monotype and monotypy

is that monotype is (arts|printing) a print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paperwest, shearer (general editor), the bullfinch guide to art history , page 639, bloomsbury publishing plc, united kingdom, 1996 isbn 0-8212-2137-x while monotypy is (taxonomy) the condition of a taxon having only a single subordinate taxon.

monotype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (arts, printing) A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.West, Shearer (general editor), The Bullfinch Guide to Art History , page 639, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom, 1996. ISBN 0-8212-2137-X
  • (biology) A monotypic taxon.

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    monotypy

    English

    Noun

    (monotypic taxon) (monotypic habitat) (-)
  • (taxonomy) The condition of a taxon having only a single subordinate taxon.
  • (conservation biology) The condition of a habitat being dominated by a single species.

    • Related terms

    * monotypic