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Monera

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Mo·ne·ra

[muh-neer-uh] Pronunciation Key

–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: < NL (1869), pl. of monéron, coinage based on Gk monrés solitary, single, deriv. of mónos alone, only

]

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monera
noun
prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

[Chapter:] Life Sciences

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: mo·ne·ra
Pronunciation: m&-'nir-&
Function: noun plural
1 capitalized, in some classifications : akingdom or other major division of living things comprising the prokaryotes
2 : living things that are prokaryotes

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Monera

Mo*ne"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? single.] (Zo["o]l.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the am[oe]bas, but are destitute of a nucleus.

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