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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MONOMORPHIC; MONOMORPHOUS

Mon `o *mor "phic, Mon `o *mor "phous, a. Etym: [Mono- + Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.

New American Oxford Dictionary

monomorphic

mon o mor phic |ˌmänəˈmôrfik ˌmɑnəˈmɔrfɪk | ▶adjective chiefly Biology having or existing in only one form, in particular: • (of a species or population ) showing little or no variation in morphology or phenotype. • (of an animal species ) having sexes that are similar in size and appearance. DERIVATIVES mon o mor phism |-ˌfizəm |noun, mon o mor phous |-fəs |adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from mono- ‘single ’ + Greek morphē ‘form. ’

Oxford Dictionary

monomorphic

monomorphic |ˌmɒnə (ʊ )ˈmɔːfɪk | ▶adjective chiefly Biology having or existing in only one form, in particular: • (of a species or population ) showing little or no variation in morphology or phenotype. • (of an animal species ) having sexes that are similar in size and appearance. DERIVATIVES monomorphism noun, monomorphous adjective ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from mono- ‘single ’ + Greek morphē ‘form ’.