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an·i·mal·cule  (n-mlkyl) also an·i·mal·cu·lum (-ky-lm)
n. pl. an·i·mal·cules also an·i·mal·cu·la (-ky-l)
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, from anima, soul; see anima.]
animalcule
Noun
a microscopic animal
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Noun1.animalculeanimalcule - microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
animalculum
organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently


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The microscope cannot find the animalcule which is less perfect for being little.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin.
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