ANIMALCULE


Meaning of ANIMALCULE in English

— animalcular /an'euh mal"kyeuh leuhr/ , animalculine /an'euh mal"kyeuh lin/ , animalculous , adj.

/an'euh mal"kyoohl/ , n.

1. a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.

2. Archaic. a tiny animal, as a mouse or fly.

[ 1590-1600; animalculum a small animal. See ANIMAL, -CULE 1 ]

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