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monopteral
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective monopteral has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
monopteral, a. [Gr. mono`pteros with a row of pillars only; mo`nos alone, only + ptero`n feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F. monoptère.].
Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple. [1913 Webster]
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