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Monera

[muh-neer-uh]

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

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Monera is always a great word to know.

So is orthogenesis. Does it mean:

a theory that evolution of a species is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species, not due to natural selection

the close external resemblance of an organism to some different organism, such that it benefits from mistaken identity, as seeming to be unpalatable

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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

any of the prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea), constituting the kingdom Monera.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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