† nucleolulen.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nucleole n., -ule suffix.
Etymology: < nucleole n. + -ule suffix. Compare French nucléolule (recorded 1857 in Dunglison Med. Lexicon s.v. Cytoblast).
Biology.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1892 Nucleolule, a minute granule in the middle of a nucleolus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).