ANIMALCULUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: animalcula   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium

Synonyms:

animalcule; animalculum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("animalculum" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

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