'Monerula' definitions:

Definition of 'Monerula'

From: GCIDE
  • Monerula \Mo*ner"u*la\, 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]