monopodes
/ˈmɑnəˌpoʊdz/
noun
- In mythology, a race of people with a single large foot, often used to shade themselves from the sun.
- In medieval bestiaries, monopodes were depicted as strange, one-legged creatures.
- The ancient Greeks told stories of the monopodes who lived in distant lands.
- The traveler claimed to have seen a monopode hopping across the desert.
- A person or creature with only one foot, either by birth or after an accident.
- The circus featured a performer who was a monopode and could balance on one leg for hours.
- After losing his leg in the war, he became a monopode and learned to walk with crutches.
- The sculpture showed a monopode standing gracefully on a single foot.