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uniserial

British  
/ ˌjuːnɪˈsɪərɪəl /

adjective

  1. in or relating to a single series

"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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Its text is peppered with scientific language – sebaceous gland, papilla, uniserial, vacuolated, cortex, cuticle.

From The Guardian Jun. 23, 2015

Differentiation within the vertebrate phylum is therefore not uniserial, but takes place in several directions.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

In the genus Dendrograptus the gonothecae open within the walls of the ordinary thecae, and the branches present an outward resemblance to those of the uniserial Graptoloidea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Finally, in the latest family, the Monograptidae, the branches are theoretically reduced to one, the polypary is uniserial throughout, and all the thecae are directed outwards and upwards.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Gegenbaur has shown how the five-toed leg of the Amphibia, that has been inherited by the three classes of Amniotes, was evolved from the uniserial fish-fin.*

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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