animalcule : Idioms & Phrases

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bell animalcule

Bell" an`i*mal"cule
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds.
Webster 1913

Eye animalcule

  • (Zoöl), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end.
Webster 1913

Globe animalcule

  • a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ.
Webster 1913

Slipper animalcule

  • (Zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium.
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Sloth animalcule

  • (Zoöl.), a tardigrade.
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Spermatic animalcules

  • . See Spermatozoa.
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Trumpet animalcule

  • (Zoöl.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See Stentor.
Webster 1913

Wheel animal, ∨ Wheel animalcule

  • (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end.
Webster 1913