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ANIMALCULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
Synonyms:
animalcule; animalculum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("animalcule" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)