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monorchid

[ muh-nawr-kid ]

adjective

  1. having or appearing to have only one testis.


noun

  1. a monorchid individual.

monorchid

/ ˈɒɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. having only one testicle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an animal or person with only one testicle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of monorchid1

First recorded in 1820–30; New Latin monorchis (erroneous plural monorchides); mon-, orchid ( def )
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Public Library wants your Monorchid and Frodus records.

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Again, there was no evidence for this, but the possibility that Hitler was sexually frustrated, or perhaps monorchid, was eagerly taken up by Langer's colleagues at OSS.

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Monorchid, mo-nork′id, adj. having only one testicle.—n.

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With them a monorchid was not supposed to beget twins; when twins are born in the family, the mother generally smothers the female, if one happens to be such; if not, then the feeblest of the two is sacrificed.

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William Thomas Andrews was a dwarf seventeen years old, whose head measured in circumference 35 inches; from one external auditory meatus to another, 27 1/4 inches; from the chin over the cranial summit to the suboccipital protuberance, 37 1/2 inches; the distance from the chin to the pubes was 20 inches; and from the pubes to the soles of the feet, 16; he was a monorchid.

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