monerula

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noun

A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm.

OriginNew Latin monerula →
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Meanings

noun
  1. biologyA germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm.

    The Monerula, as we may call this egg-cytod without a kernel, repeats then, according to the biogenetic principle

    1883, Ernst Haeckel, The History of Creation

Origin

  1. New Latinmonerula
  2. Englishmonerula

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

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APA

monerula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monerula

MLA

“monerula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monerula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monerula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monerula.

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