animalcule
Example Sentences
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The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, wooly mammoths roamed the earth.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2021
And then there are the names: where its cultural presence permits, each animal or animalcule is followed by a list of folk nomenclature.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2010
The crablike animalcule is most at home burrowing under the skins of people who do not wash much.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malaria's cause is known: a tiny animalcule injected by a mosquito's sting.
From Time Magazine Archive
An animalcule that does not wriggle must be morbid or peculiar.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
