mo·ne·ran (m -nîr n)n. See prokaryote. [From New Latin Mon  ra, kingdom name, from Greek monrs, solitary, from monos, single, alone; see monad.] |
| moneran (m-nîrn) See prokaryote. |
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| Noun | 1. |  moneran - organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesismicro-organism, microorganism - any organism of microscopic size kingdom Monera, kingdom Prokaryotae, Monera, Prokayotae - 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 archaebacteria, archaebacterium, archaeobacteria, archeobacteria - considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella |
| Adj. | 1. |  moneran - of or relating to the Monera |
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