ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷təs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from mon- + Greek graptos engraved, written, from graphein to write — more at carve
: a genus (the type of the family Monograptidae) of graptolites with a single row of overlapping thecae