animalcule

(noun)

An older term for a minute or microscopic animal or protozoan.

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Examples of animalcule in the following topics:

  • Cell Theory

    • Despite the limitations of his now-ancient lenses, van Leeuwenhoek observed the movements of protista (a type of single-celled organism) and sperm, which he collectively termed "animalcules. "
  • Modern Microbiology

    • One of his books contains a chapter in Latin, which reads in translation – "Concerning the wonderful structure of things in nature, investigated by Microscope. " Here, he wrote "who would believe that vinegar and milk abound with an innumerable multitude of worms. " He noted that putrid material is full of innumerable creeping animalcule.
  • Intro and major themes

    • Leeuwenhoek made a microscope containing a single lens to examine microorganisms he saw bacteria in 1676 he called them “wee animalcules” 
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