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animalcula

animalcula is the plural of animalculum.

Meaning of animalculum

Noun

animalculum (plural animalcula)

  1. 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.1653, Henry More, “Unavoydable Arguments for Divine Providence Taken from the Accurate Structure of Mans Body, from the Passions of His Mind, and Fitnesse of the Whole Man to be an Inhabiter of the...
    Synonyms:
    animalcule

Questions about animalcula

What is animalcula the plural of?
Animalcula is the plural of animalculum.

Words near animalcula in the dictionary

  1. animal welfarists
  2. animal-assisted therapies
  3. animal-assisted therapy
  4. animal-like
  5. animal-reminder disgust
  6. animalcula
  7. animalcular
  8. animalcule
  9. animalcules
  10. animalculine
  11. animalculism

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