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

Malaria's cause is known: a tiny animalcule injected by a mosquito's sting.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crablike animalcule is most at home burrowing under the skins of people who do not wash much.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tiniest fly, the smallest animalcule, the dust of a butterfly's wing, however highly you may magnify them, are seen to be absolutely perfect.

From A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies by Taylor, James Hudson