Etymology

monocephalous

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Ancient Greek μονοκέφαλος
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromμονοκέφαλος
  2. English todaymonocephalous

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μονοκέφαλος (monoképhalos). By surface analysis, mono- + -cephalous.

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