Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-I-MAL'CULE
AN-I-MAL'CU-LAR, or AN-I-MAL'CU-LINEAN-I-MAL'CU-LIST
AN-I-MAL'CULE, n. [L. animalculum, animalcula.]
A little animal; but appropriately, an animal whose figure can not be discerned without the aid of a magnifying glass; such as are invisible to the naked eye. – Encyc.
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