Definitions for Monera

Monera Mo·ne·ra

Spelling: [muh-neer-uh]
IPA: /məˈnɪər ə/

Monera is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in Monera (aemnor).

Definitions for Monera

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  1. 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 of Monera

New Latin (1869), plural of monēron, coinage based on Greek monḗrēs solitary, single, derivative of mónos alone, only

Examples for Monera

The Crystals show signs of something like taking nourishment, but the real taking of food may be said to commence with the Monera.

I therefore proposed to give them the general title of Monera.

These and other writers suppose that the nucleus has been overlooked in the protoplasm of the Monera I have described.

We find cœnobia of this kind even among the Monera, such as the zooglœa of many bacteria and chromacea.

This comparison is inapplicable to the lowest organisms, the Monera, which are devoid of such a mechanical structure.

But in the case of the Monera there is no such organization.

A long gradation of cellular organization leads from the simplest primitive cells (Monera) to the highest developed protists.

The description of this orange-red globule of plasm (protomyxa aurantiaca) appeared first in my Monograph on the Monera.

In the same way the primitive metabolism and the slow, simple growth of these Monera would not come within direct observation.

Still, what are we otherwise to do with the still living Monera?

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