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animalculous

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an⋅i⋅mal⋅cule

  [an-uh-mal-kyool]
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–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.
Origin:
1590–1600; < NL animalculum a small animal. See animal, -cule 1

Related forms:
an⋅i⋅mal⋅cu⋅lar  [an-uh-mal-kyuh-ler] , an⋅i⋅mal⋅cu⋅line  [an-uh-mal-kyuh-lin] , an⋅i⋅mal⋅cu⋅lous, adjective
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Main Entry: an·i·mal·cule
Pronunciation: "an-&-'mal-(")kyü(&)l
Variant: also an·i·mal·cu·lum /-'mal-ky&-l&m/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural an·i·mal·cules also an·i·mal·cu·la /-ky&-l&/
: a minute usually microscopic organism
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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