Monera

American  

[muh-neer-uh] / məˈnɪər ə /

noun

Biology.

1. (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.

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Monera Cultural  

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Monera

First recorded in 1865–70; from New Latin, plural of monēron, coinage based on Greek monḗrēs “solitary, single,” derivative of mónos “alone, only”

Example Sentences

Because bacteria lack nuclei, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, all prokaryotes were placed in kingdom Monera, while single-celled eukaryotic organisms remained in kingdom Protista.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

Protamœba, prō-ta-mē′ba, n. a low form of the Monera, which is constantly changing its form by sending out and withdrawing pseudopodia.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

They can consume and destroy bacteria, the dreaded vehicles of infectious diseases; but they can also transport these injurious Monera to fresh regions, and so extend the sphere of infection.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

At the commencement of it the oldest and simplest organisms were formed by spontaneous generation—the Monera, with which the history of life on our planet opened.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

Monera, mō-nē′ra, n.pl. a class of Protozoans of the simplest characters.—ns.sing.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various