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MONOCLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monocled mean?
• MONOCLED (adjective)
The adjective MONOCLED has 1 sense:
1. wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass
Familiarity information: MONOCLED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass
Synonyms:
bespectacled; monocled; spectacled
Context example:
the monocled gentleman
Similar:
adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)
Context examples
“Commercial Indian antivenom completely failed to protect mice injected with the venom of the monocled cobra from Arunachal Pradesh.”
(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)
The researchers studied the venom composition, activities and toxicities of India’s neglected venomous snake species, including the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), and Sind krait, and found that the standard Indian antivenom had disturbing deficiencies.
(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)
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