Animalcule, n.
A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose figure cannot be discerned without the aid of a magnifying glass; such as are invisible to the naked eye.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose figure cannot be discerned without the aid of a magnifying glass; such as are invisible to the naked eye.
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