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noun

Monera n. pl. (Zool.)

The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus. (archaic)

(Biol.) One of the five kingdoms of living organisms in the five-kingdom classification, consisting of microscopic usually monocellular prokaryotic organisms that mostly reproduce by asexual fission, sporulation, or budding; it includes the bacteria and cyanophytes (blue-green algae), as well as certain primitive pathogenic microbes, such as the Rickettsias.

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Words linked to "Monera" : Lactobacillaceae, moneron, kingdom Prokaryotae, division Eubacteria, Prokayotae, division Archaebacteria, family Lactobacteriaceae, phylum Pyrrophyta, family Lactobacillaceae