Where does “monas” come from?

monas (Translingual) comes from Latin monas, from Ancient Greek μονάς, from Translingual Chlamydomonas, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, from Ancient Greek σαύρα — lizard.

monas (Translingual): A grouping of mostly single-cell organisms, often called monads, that have mostly been reassigned to numerous phyla