Etymology

monerula

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Today it means: A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. Full definition →

New Latin monerula
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  1. New Latin · borrowed frommonerula
  2. English todaymonerula

From New Latin monerula, diminutive of moner. So called from its likeness to a moner.

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