monorchid

[muh-nawr-kid]

adjective

1. having or appearing to have only one testis.

noun

1. a monorchid individual.

monorchid

/ ˈmɒnɔːkɪd /

adjective

1. having only one testicle

noun

1. an animal or person with only one testicle

Word History and Origins

Origin of monorchid¹

First recorded in 1820–30; New Latin monorchis (erroneous plural monorchides); mon-, orchid ( def. )

Example Sentences

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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