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Definition: MONERULA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Monerula" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Monerula \Mo*ner"u*la\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of moner. See Monera.]. (references)

Definition: MONERULA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "MONERULA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Monerula \Mo*ner"u*la\, noun. [New Latin expression, diminutive of moner. See Monera.]. (references)