Animalculum

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of animalcule.

    "[T]he Eyelids are fortify'd vvith little ſtiffe briſtles as vvith Paliſadoes, againſt the aſſault of Flyes and Gnats, and ſuch like bold Animalcula."

  2. 2
    microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium wordnet

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animalcule

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"[T]he Eyelids are fortify'd vvith little ſtiffe briſtles as vvith Paliſadoes, againſt the aſſault of Flyes and Gnats, and ſuch like bold Animalcula."

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