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animalcule
an·i·mal·cule A0309600 (ăn′ə-măl′kyo͞ol) also an·i·mal·cu·lum (-kyə-ləm)n. 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.
[New Latin animalculum, diminutive of Latin animal, animal; see animal.]animalcule (ˌænɪˈmælkjuːl) or animalculumn, pl -cules or -cula (-kjʊlə) (Animals) a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer[C16: from New Latin animalculum a small animal] ˌaniˈmalcular adjan•i•mal•cule (ˌæn əˈmæl kyul)
n. a minute or microscopic animal. [1590–1600; < New Latin animalculum. See animal, -cule1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  animalcule - microscopic organism such as an amoeba or parameciumanimalculumorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
Translationsanimalcule
animalcule, animalculum a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer animalcule
an·i·mal·cule (an'i-mal'kūl), Term used by believers in the preformation theory to designate the supposed miniature body contained in a gamete. See: homunculus. [Mod. L. animalculum, dim. of L. animal, a living being] animalcule (ăn′ə-măl′kyo͞ol) also animalculum (-kyə-ləm)n. pl. animal·cules also animal·cula (-kyə-lə) A microscopic or minute organism, such as an amoeba or paramecium, usually considered to be an animal.animalcule An obsolete, nonspecific term for:
(1) Any microscopic organism;
(2) Any “core” organism of the now-discarded preformation theory.animalcule
Related to animalcule: sun animalculeSynonyms for animalculenoun microscopic organism such as an amoeba or parameciumSynonymsRelated Words |