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animalculum

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an⋅i⋅mal⋅cu⋅lum

  [an-uh-mal-kyuh-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] .
animalcule.
Origin:
1670–80
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an·i·mal·cule   (ān'ə-māl'kyōōl)   
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, from anima, soul; see anima.]
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