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Word: Animalcule
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from modern Latin animalculum, from animal ‘an animal’ + -cule
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌanɪˈmalkjuːl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a microscopic animal.
Short Definition:microscopic animal
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