animalcular

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adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.

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Meanings

adjectiveanimalcular (comparative more animalcular, superlative most animalcular)

comparative more animalcular · superlative most animalcular · alternative animalculine

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.

    In my lecture on Dust and Disease in 1870 , I referred to an experiment made by Helmholtz upon himself which strikingly connected hay fever with animalcular life.

    1871, John Tyndall, Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Lectures, and Reviews

Origin

From animalcule + -ar.

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APA

animalcular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalcular

MLA

“animalcular.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalcular. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animalcular,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalcular.

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