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animalcule (iou)



animalcule noun. Also in Latin form animalculum, pl. -la. L16.
[mod. Latin animalculum, dim. of animal: see ANIMAL, -CULE.]
A small or tiny animal, as a mouse or an invertebrate. L16-M19.
A microscopic animal. L17.
animalcular adjective of or pertaining to animalcules M18.