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A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] Ray.

An infusorian of the family Vorticellidæ, common in fresh-water ponds.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules. "Animalcular life." Tyndall.

The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules.

One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. Keith.

An animalcule.

central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- 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. -- Eye doctor, an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Arch.), the circle in the cent…

ound heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. -- Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ. -- Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -…

hizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.

eedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.

, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib. Slipper animalcule (Zoöl.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. -- Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zoöl.), a boat shell.

le germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Call…

An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.

trumpet, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. -- Trumpet animalcule (Zoöl.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See Stentor. -- Trumpet ash (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] -- Trumpet conch (Zoöl.), a trumpet shell, or triton.…

colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.

action is continuous. See Mechanical powers, under Mechanical. -- Wheel animal, or Wheel animalcule (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. -- Wheel barometer. (Physics) See under Barometer. -- Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inc…