n. The moon. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A moan. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Mono-, and Embryo. ] (Bot.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. --
n. (Zool.) One of the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. Of or pertaining to the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monera. --
‖n.;
‖n. [ NL., dim. of moner. See Monera. ] (Biol.) 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. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]