/meuh near"euh/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. ) Biol.
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
[ monéres solitary, single, deriv. of mónos alone, only ]