Monera

[ muh-neer-uh ]

/ məˈnɪər ə /

noun (used with a plural verb) Biology.

a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.

Origin of Monera

< New Latin (1869), plural of monēron, coinage based on Greek monḗrēs solitary, single, derivative of mónos alone, only

Example sentences from the Web for monera

Still, what are we otherwise to do with the still living Monera?

The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) |Ernst Haeckel
The Monera are the lowest and simplest form (at least so far known) of organic life.

Dynamic Thought |William Walker Atkinson
The first unicellular organisms arose from Monera through differentiation of the inner nucleus from the outer protoplasm.

The Last Link |Ernst Haeckel
I therefore proposed to give them the general title of monera.

The Wonders of Life |Ernst Haeckel

The exceedingly interesting Monera and Labyrinthuleæ, as also the Catallacta, were indeed discovered only a few years ago.

The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) |Ernst Haeckel

Cultural definitions for monera

Monera

[ (muh-neer-uh) (or Prokaryotae) ]

The kingdom of single-celled organisms without a cell nucleus (see also prokaryotes). Monera are the most primitive living things and are thought to have been the first to evolve.

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Monera

noun (used with a plural verb) Biology.

Origin of Monera

Example sentences from the Web for monera

Cultural definitions for monera