animalcule
- n microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium
- Malaria's cause is known: a tiny animalcule injected by a mosquito's sting.
- It's blasphemy, brilliance or both to take the entire evolution of a species from a single-celled animalcule in a drop of water to a space-faring, galaxy-exploring sentient .
- Its Latin dedication translates: "This work of a dead Dutchman the English editor (as an animalcule to an ELEPHANT) gives, devotes dedicates to his dearest brother, D'Arcy .