moneron

noun

mo·​ne·​ron

məˈniˌrän

plural monera

-irə

: a postulated primitive ancestral mass of protoplasm lacking a nucleus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Greek monērēs solitary, singular, from monos single, alone

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