Animalcule Definition

ănə-mălkyo͝ol
animalcules
noun
animalcules
A microscopic animal; protozoan.
Webster's New World
A tiny animal, such as a mosquito.
American Heritage
A microscopic or minute organism, such as an amoeba or paramecium, usually considered to be an animal.
American Heritage Medicine

(dated) A minute or microscopic animal or protozoan.

Wiktionary

(archaic) A tiny animal, as a mouse or insect (fly, mosquito, midge).

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Other Word Forms of Animalcule

Noun

Singular:
animalcule
Plural:
animalcules

Origin of Animalcule

  • New Latin animalculum diminutive of Latin animal animal animal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin animal + the diminutive suffix -culum

    From Wiktionary

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