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animalculum

animalculum noun: synonym of animalcule.

Noun

animalculum (plural animalcula)

  1. Synonym of animalcule.
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    Synonyms:
    animalcule

Synonyms of animalculum

Forms of animalculum

pluralanimalcula

Questions about animalculum

What does animalculum mean?
Animalculum means synonym of animalcule.
What part of speech is animalculum?
Animalculum is a noun.
What is the plural of animalculum?
The plural of animalculum is animalcula.

Words near animalculum in the dictionary

  1. animalculism
  2. animalculist
  3. animalculistic
  4. animalculists
  5. animalculous
  6. animalculum
  7. animalesque
  8. animalhood
  9. animalian
  10. animalic
  11. animalicide

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