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Noun: animalcule  ,a-nu'mal,kyool
Usage: archaic
  1. Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
    "Early microscopists were fascinated by the animalcules they observed in pond water";
    - animalculum

Derived forms: animalcules

Type of: being, organism

Encyclopedia: Animalcule