Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An animalcule.
Wiktionary
- n. animalcule
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An animalcule.
WordNet 3.0
- n. microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
Examples
“For instance, there is the word animalcule (plural animalcules), also written animalculum (plural animalcula).”
Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error"
“The hugest beast that roams the forest or plows the main is no more a living creature than the smallest insect or microscopic animalculum.”
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
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chained_bear See calcareous for a usage note. Feb 23, 2008