animalcular

adjective

an·​i·​mal·​cu·​lar

¦anə¦malkyələ(r)

variants or less commonly animalculine

-kyəˌlīn,

-lə̇n

or animalculous

-ləs

: of, relating to, or resembling animalcules

Word History

First Known Use

1748, in the meaning defined above

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