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Monera
[ muh-neer-uh ]
noun
- (in the five-kingdom system of taxonomic classification) the kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that include the bacteria and typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission, and that are nourished through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
Monera
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Monera1
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Example Sentences
The instructive monera once more form a connecting bridge between the two realms.
These and other writers suppose that the nucleus has been overlooked in the protoplasm of the monera I have described.
This comparison is inapplicable to the lowest organisms, the monera, which are devoid of such a mechanical structure.
A long gradation of cellular organization leads from the simplest primitive cells (monera) to the highest developed protists.
We find cœnobia of this kind even among the monera, such as the zooglœa of many bacteria and chromacea.
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