Hypernym

noun

the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

Member_meronym

moneran 1

noun

organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

division Archaebacteria 1

noun

in some classifications considered a kingdom

division Eubacteria 1

noun

one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella

Lactobacillaceae 1

noun

lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid

Pyrrophyta 1

noun

a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds

kingdom Monera 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

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

Synonyms

Member_holonym

moneran 1

noun

organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

division Archaebacteria 1

noun

in some classifications considered a kingdom

division Eubacteria 1

noun

one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella

Lactobacillaceae 1

noun

lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid

Pyrrophyta 1

noun

a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds

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