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1. ((used with a pl. v.)) Monera
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
Etymology: (< NL (1869), pl. of monēron, < Gk monērēs solitary, single, der. of mónos alone, only)
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1. (noun) Monera, kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae
prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
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1. monera
the lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus
2. monera
of Moneron
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