Associations to the word «Animalcule»

Wiktionary

ANIMALCULE, noun. (obsolete) A small animal. [16th-19th c.]
ANIMALCULE, noun. A microscopic aquatic animal or protozoan. [from 17th c.]
ANIMALCULE, noun. (now) (historical) A spermatozoon. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

ANIMALCULE, noun. Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery