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”

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Example Sentences

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Monera

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

The state of unorganized protoplasm which Haeckel named the Monera, that precedes the development of that architect of life, the cell, can hardly be more than one remove from inert matter.

From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs

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 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

For this reason the natural history of the Monera is of great interest; here alone can we find the means to overcome the chief difficulties of the problem of spontaneous generation.

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

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

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