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      animalcule
      noun
      microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
      Roots
      animalanimal- · Latin · living beingculus-cule · Latin · small (diminutive)
      Words related to animalcule
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      Where does animalcule come from?

      The word animalcule breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: animal, from Latin animal (“living being”); and -cule, from Latin culus (“small (diminutive)”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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