noun
Origin: ModL animalculum, dim. of animal
Related Forms:
See animalcule in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun pl. an·i·mal·cules also an·i·mal·cu·la (-kyə-lə)
Origin:
Origin: New Latin animalculum
Origin: , diminutive of Latin animal, animal
Origin: , from anima, soul; see anima
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