(n)French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976), Syn.Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien Monod
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + delfy`s the womb. ] (Zool.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Belonging to a monody. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Monodies [ L. monodia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; singing alone; mo`nos single + &unr_; song: cf. F. monodie. See Ode. ] A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice. [ 1913 Webster ]
[monodesuka ; mondesuka](exp) (fem) (See ものか) used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question[Add to Longdo]