animalculum

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animalculum

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin animalculum.

noun animalcula

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.
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"animalculum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/animalculum.

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@misc{animalculum_2026,
  title = {animalculum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/animalculum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}