from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Monotype \Mon"o*type\,
1. [Mono- + -type.]
1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single
species constituting a genus.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting
on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by
pressure; also, the process of making such prints.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting
machine that makes and sets separate characters.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]