wheel animalcule

American

noun

a rotifer.

wheel animalcule British

noun

another name for rotifer

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Etymology

Origin of wheel animalcule

First recorded in 1825–35

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wheel animalcule

The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, wooly mammoths roamed the earth.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2021

On one occasion a glimpse was caught of a Rotifer similar in shape to the common wheel animalcule, but with a yellow inside.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

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