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animalcule (n.)
[animalcule 词源字典]
"very small animal," especially a microscopic one, 1590s, from Late Latin
animalculum
, diminutive of Latin
animal
(see
animal
(n.)). Related:
Animalcular
.
[animalcule etymology, animalcule origin, 英语词源]