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Noun: monotopism
  1. Origin of a systematic group only once (as by mutation) or at a single location.
    "Discusses the significance of monotopism and polytopism in quantitative analyses of Tertiary floras."

Derived forms: monotopisms

Type of: hypothesis, possibility, theory

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monotheism
monotheist
monotheistic
Monothelitism
monotone
monotonic
monotonous
monotonously
monotonousness
monotony
monotopism
Monotremata
monotreme
Monotropa
Monotropa hypopithys
Monotropa uniflora
Monotropaceae
monotype
monotype caster
monotype keyboard
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