Animalcula

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Animalculum \An`i*mal"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Animalcula}. [NL. See
     {Animalcule}.]
     An animalcule.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Animalcul[ae], as if from a Latin singular animalcula,


           is a barbarism.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  animalculum
       n : microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium [syn: {animalcule}]
       [also: {animalcula} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  animalcula
       See {animalculum}