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Meaning of ANIMALCULUM

Pronunciation:  `anu'malkyulum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
 
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 Synonyms: animalcule
 
 See Also: being, organism

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\An`i*mal"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Animalcula}. [NL. See
{Animalcule}.]
An animalcule.
Note: Animalcul[ae], as if from a Latin singular animalcula,
      is a barbarism.
 
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