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Noun: Monera
  1. Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
    - kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae

Type of: kingdom

Encyclopedia: Monera