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ANIMALCULE

\ˈanɪmˌalkjuːl], \ˈanɪmˌalkjuːl], \ˈa_n_ɪ_m_ˌa_l_k_j_uː_l]\

Definitions of ANIMALCULE

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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One of a class of minute or nealry invisible creatures.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A minute, microscopic, unicellular animal organism; protozoan.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A minute organism.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A small animal, esp. one that cannot be seen by the naked eye:-pl. ANIMALCULES, or ANIMALCULA.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A minute animal.
Animalcular.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A microscopic animal. animalculum.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A very minute animal.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A creature very small or very minute, generally invisible to the naked eye.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A small animal. An animal well seen only by means of the microscope.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A minute animal organism.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

See animalculum.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. A little animal that is invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

A small animal.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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