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animalcule
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Animalcule
Animalcule
("little animal", from Latin
animal
+ the diminutive suffix
-culum
) is an older term for a microscopic
animal
or
protozoan
. Some better-known animalcules include:
Actinophrys
, and other
heliozoa
, called sun animalcules
Amoeba
, called
Proteus animalcule
Noctiluca scintillans
, commonly called the 'Sea Sparkles'
Paramecium
, called slipper animalcules
Rotifers
, called wheel animalcules
Stentor
, called trumpet animalcules
Vorticella
, and other
peritrichs
, called bell animalcules
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