animalcule

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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

It is not much bigger than a pin-head, yet hundreds of the lovely, fertile islands of the Pacific Ocean are formed by this busy animalcule.

From The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)