Animalculine

Animalculine
Animalcular An`i*mal"cu*lar, Animalculine An`i*mal"cu*line, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. ``Animalcular life.'' --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

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  • animalculine — an·i·mal·cu·line …   English syllables

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  • Animalcular — An i*mal cu*lar, Animalculine An i*mal cu*line, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. Animalcular life. Tyndall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • minute — I n 1. a short time, a little while, bit, Inf. jiffy, Inf. whipstitch; moment, second, Inf. sec, split second, instant; flash, twinkling, twinkle, breath, trice; eyewink, wink of an eye, Fr. coup d oeil. twinkling of an eye, Inf. bat of an eye,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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