animalculum

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an′ə malkyə ləm)


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an•i•mal•cu•lum  (an′ə malkyə ləm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -la (-lə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Microbiologyanimalcule.
  • 1670–80

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an•i•mal•cule /ˌænəˈmælkyul/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Microbiologya microscopically small organism.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
an•i•mal•cule  (an′ə malkyo̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Microbiologya minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
  2. [Archaic.]a tiny animal, as a mouse or fly.
  • Neo-Latin animalculum a small animal. See animal, -cule1
  • 1590–1600;
an•i•mal•cu•lar  (an′ə malkyə lər),USA pronunciation an•i•mal•cu•line  (an′ə malkyə lin),USA pronunciation an′i•malcu•lous, adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
animalcule /ˌænɪˈmælkjuːl/, animalculum /ˌænɪˈmælkjʊləm/ n ( pl -cules, -cula /-kjʊlə/)
  1. a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer
Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin animalculum a small animalˌaniˈmalcular adj
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