noun. The sole member of its group, such as a single species that constitutes a genus.

noun. A unique print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked surface.

noun. The only, single, or sole type, as a species single in its genus, a genus in its family, etc.; a typical representative alone of its kind.

noun. A print from a metal plate on which a picture is painted, as in oil-color or printers' ink. Only one proof can be made, since the picture is transferred to the paper.

Monotypic.

noun. The trade-name of a machine which casts and sets in order single types.

adjective. Having but one type; containing but one representative.

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The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.

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.

A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.

noun. A monotypic taxon.

noun. (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)

noun. a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters

"It is called the monotype because it casts and sets up the type piece by piece."

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