monera

Positing a fundamental unity between the realms of animate and inanimate matter, he attributed to certain protoplasmic compounds, be - lieved by him still to occur in nature from spontaneous chemical reactions, the formation of monera, that is, of what he considered to be theoretically the most primitive individual organisms.

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION ARAM VARTANIAN 1968

Those remarkable beings called the monera -- especially the chromacea and bacteria -- are specimens of these simple cytodes.

The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876

Oh dear, I thought I was the only person who used words like "monera" in poetry ...

Having Fun on Valentine's Day, Scientifically Nick Anthis 2006

The biggest break in life, she explained, was between the prokaryotes (cells with nucleoids: monera, prokaryota; archaebacteria, eubacteria) and eukaryotes (cells with nuclei: protoctista, fungi, plantae, animalia).

Lynn Margulis: "Definitely a Darwinist" - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Now President George Bush arrived a short while ago at Chile's monera (ph) presidential palace, where he was greeted by Chile's leader Ricardo Largos.

CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2004 2004

He begins with the monera, the organisms of the lowest form, discovered by himself, which have not so much as the organic rank of a cell, but are only corpuscules of mucus, without kernel or external covering, called by him cytod, and arising from an organic carbon formation.

The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid

He {46} at once drew the origin of man also into the course of reasoning on the new theory, and sustained the theory by the discovery of the _monera_ and other low organisms of one cell, as well as by special investigations of the calcareous sponges.

The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid

Nevertheless, there are monera whose structure seems to be nothing but a living clod without kernel and cover, and which in that respect represent the lowest conceivable form of organic being and life.

The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid

He acknowledged no line of demarcation between the crystal and the monera -- and no chasm (of course) between man and the animals.

The Tyranny of the Dark Hamlin Garland 1900

It is interesting to note, in this connection, that while the ordinary cells of the higher animal body resemble the _monera_ in many ways, still the white corpuscles in the blood of man and the animals bear a startling resemblance to the _amoebae_ so far as regards size, general structure, and movements, and are in fact known to Science as "amoeboids."

A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga William Walker Atkinson 1897