See animalcule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"animal",
"animal#Noun"
],
[
"protozoa",
"protozoan"
],
[
"rotifer",
"rotifer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology, archaic) A microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pause”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 137:",
"text": "Why, there is not a Man, or a Thing, now alive but has tools. The basest of created animalcules, the Spider itself, has a spinning-jenny, and warping-mill, and power-loom within its head: […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1928 February 25 – March 3, Arthur Conan Doyle, “When the World Screamed”, in The Professor Challenger Stories […], London: John Murray, […], published [1952], →OCLC, page 555:",
"text": "Is it not evident that if a parasitic animalcule desired to call its attention it would sink a hole in its shell and so stimulate its sensory apparatus?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small animal."
],
"links": [
[
"small",
"small#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) A small animal."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ænɪˈmælkjuːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˌænəˈmælˌkjul/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "animalcula"
},
{
"word": "animalculum"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "embryo that was formerly thought to be contained inside a spermatozoon in a fully developed state",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "alkueläin"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"word": "حييوينات"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "animàlcul"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"word": "alkueläin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "animalcule"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jantuk",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"word": "जंतुक"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"word": "animaleto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "animalculum"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "animálculo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "animalcul"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "animálculo"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers",
"word": "nimil"
}
],
"word": "animalcule"
}
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