monoxylon

From New Latin monoxylon, from Ancient Greek μονόξυλος (monóxulos, “made from a solid trunk”). See mono- and xylo-.

monoxylon (plural monoxylons)

1. A canoe or boat made from a hollowed out tree.

   Synonym: dugout

• monoxyle

• “monoxylon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.