Monera

[muh-neer-uh]

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.

Monera

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Monera¹

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

“Twitter exploded in 2016, mostly through anonymously created accounts,” said Monera al Nahedh, an independent researcher and consultant who co-authored the report, published by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University.

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

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This group of very simple forms includes many of Haeckel’s Monera, defined as “cytodes,” masses of protoplasm without a nucleus.

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Monera—formless little lumps of mucus matter supposed to be originated by spontaneous generation.

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All organisms are in the last resort descendants of autogenous Monera, evolved as a consequence of the divergence of characters through natural selection.

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