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Animalcule
see synonyms of animalculeNoun
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Animalcule
see synonyms of animalculenoun plural -cules or -cula (-kjʊlə)
a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer
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Animalcule
see synonyms of animalcule noun
Obsolete
a microscopic animal; protozoan
: also ˌaniˈmalculum (ˌænəˈmælkjuləm
; anˌəmalˈkyo̅oləm) Word forms: plural ˌaniˈmalcula (ˌænəˈmælkjulə
; anˌəmalˈkyo̅olə)Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Animalcule
see synonyms of animalculen. pl. an·i·mal·cules also an·i·mal·cu·la (-kyə-lə)
1. A microscopic or minute organism, such as an amoeba or paramecium, usually considered to be an animal.
2. Archaic A tiny animal, such as a mosquito.
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