[Taxacom] word for only species in the genus

[John Grehan]

Thanks Ken and everyone else. It seems that this is another case of a
descriptive association that lacks an accepted technical term. No worries
though. Not a critical problem, but was curious. One word that did come
back to me by a collegial wit to describe a sole species for a genus was
'lonely'. I said that was worth five laughs :)

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 8:39 PM Kenneth Kinman via Taxacom <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Hi Fred,
>         The word "singleton" is sometimes used for an only child.  And in
> mathematics, singleton means "a set consisting of one given element."  So
> the word singleton could perhaps be used for the only species in a genus.
>  However, I believe that a singleton species can also mean a species based
> on just one specimen.     https://www.dictionary.com/browse/singleton
>                               ---------------Ken Kinman
> [
> https://www.dictionary.com/assets/dictionary-social-logo-93d290770ddf5b8c309b6e5ce9dcaac9.png
> ]<https://www.dictionary.com/browse/singleton>
> Singleton | Definition of Singleton at Dictionary.com<
> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/singleton>
> Singleton definition, a person or thing occurring singly, especially an
> individual set apart from others. See more.
> www.dictionary.com
>
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> W. Schueler via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] word for only species in the genus
>
> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 9:27 PM John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> Sorry for this rather simple question. I am familiar with monotypic or
> >> monobasic for a genus with a single species, but is there a term
> describing
> >> a species that is the sole member of its genus?
>
> * I bet that if "monospecies" had been used for a century it would be
> acceptable. I also wonder if there are single words for what we call an
> "only child" in English, which could be borrowed?
>
> fred.
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