animalcule

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Animalcule The plural of this word is animalcules.

From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks

Animalcule upon its bosom, that it saw not, heeded not.

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

It may be said that the Slipper Animalcule has but one answer to every question, but there are many Protozoa which have several enregistered reactions.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur

Animalcule, an-im-al′kūl, n. a small animal, esp. one that cannot be seen by the naked eye:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

For the body of a many-celled Wheel Animalcule or Rotifer is no bigger than many a Protozoon.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur