Monas

·noun A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. ·see ·Illust. under Monad.

monas
mŏnas, ădis, f., = μονάς, unity; a unit, monad (post-class.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 7 sqq.; Te...

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