n 1  :  a flagellated protozoan (as of the genus Monas)  2  :  a monovalent element or radical  3  :  any of the four chromatids that make up a tetrad in meiosis .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  man·nite   mend  menta  menti 
 
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