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animalcule (an" uh MAL kyool) (s) (noun), animalcules (pl)
A creature that is so small as to be visible only with the aid of a microscope: Certain animalcules, which cannot be seen normally, can be breathed in through the nose and mouth into the body and can cause illnesses.
Small animals that can be observed under a microscope.
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This entry is located in the following units: anima-, anim- (page 1) -cule, -cula, -culo, -culus, -culum (page 1)
Word Entries containing the term: “animalcules”
little animalcules
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 12)