Synonyms for animalcule

Grammar : Noun

Spell : an-uh-mal-kyool

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn əˈmæl kyul

Définition of animalcule

Origin : "very small animal," especially a microscopic one, 1590s, from Late Latin animalculum, diminutive of Latin animal (see animal (n.)). Related: Animalcular.

As in amoeba : noun protozoa

Example sentences :

The microscope cannot find the animalcule which is less perfect for being little.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

His first form is that which is permanent in the animalcule.
Extract from : « A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' » by Francis Bowen

But man contemplates the universe as an animalcule would an elephant.
Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton

An animalcule that does not wriggle must be morbid or peculiar.
Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird

In the light of such a rle the animalcule takes on a new interest.
Extract from : « A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) » by Henry Smith Williams

Animalcule (an-i-malkūl), a general name given to many forms of animal life from their minute size.
Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 » by Various

Indeed, too sadly so, and I dare apply but a flash of the microscope to the rageing dilemmas of this animalcule.
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

Before taking leave of the animalcule, let us devote a few lines to its instinct.
Extract from : « The Life of the Fly » by J. Henri Fabre

More surely than the eagle escapes the arrow, the animalcule escapes being crushed.
Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo

Shall physical or chemical forces explain why the animalcule digs into the hard clay?
Extract from : « The Life of the Fly » by J. Henri Fabre

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