animalcule
[ an-uh-mal-kyool ]
/ ˌæn əˈmæl kyul /
noun
a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
Archaic. a tiny animal, as a mouse or fly.
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OTHER WORDS FROM animalcule
an·i·mal·cu·lar [an-uh-mal-kyuh-ler] /ˌæn əˈmæl kyə lər/, an·i·mal·cu·line [an-uh-mal-kyuh-lin] /ˌæn əˈmæl kyə lɪn/, an·i·mal·cu·lous, adjectiveWords nearby animalcule
animal rights, animal shelter, animal spirits, animal starch, animal warden, animalcule, animalculum, animalia, animalier, animalism, animalist
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British Dictionary definitions for animalcule
animalcule
animalculum (ˌænɪˈmælkjʊləm)
/ (ˌænɪˈmælkjuːl) /
noun plural -cules or -cula (-kjʊlə)
a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer
Derived forms of animalcule
animalcular, adjectiveWord Origin for animalcule
C16: from New Latin animalculum a small animal
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