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ANIMALCULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does animalcule mean?
• ANIMALCULE (noun)
The noun ANIMALCULE has 1 sense:
1. microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
Familiarity information: ANIMALCULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
animalcule; animalculum
Hypernyms ("animalcule" 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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