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monogamous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monogamous has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
monogamous, a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. ; mo`nos single + marriage.].
- Upholding, or practicing, monogamy. [1913 Webster]
- Same as Monogamian. [1913 Webster]
- Mating with but one of the opposite sex; -- said of birds and mammals. [1913 Webster]
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