əˈmæl noun
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.
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animalcule or animalculum (ˌænɪˈmælkjuːl, ˌænɪˈmælkjʊləm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -cules, -cula | |
| a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer | |
| [C16: from New Latin animalculum a small | |
| animalculum or animalculum (ˌænɪˈmælkjuːl, ˌænɪˈmælkjʊləm, -kjʊlə) | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from New Latin animalculum a small | |
| ani'malcular or animalculum | |
| —adj | |
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animalcule
"very small animal," esp. a microscopic one, 1590s, from L.L. animalculum, dim. of L. animal (see animal).
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