"Tardigrada" is a word in ENGLISH
A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are
noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See
Sloth, 3.
An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also
bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.
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Following some duty overseas, the officers at the Fort were planning a welcome home party and dance for the unit. Being an all male combat force, they decided to request coeds from some of the surrounding colleges to attend. The Captain called Vassar and was assured by the Dean that arrangements could be made to send over a dozen of their most trustworthy students. The Captain hesitated, then said, "Would it also be possible to send a dozen or so of the other kind?"
A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.
Read the complete definitionAn animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or resembling, animalcules.
Read the complete definitionThe theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
Read the complete definitionA believer in the theory of animalculism.
Read the complete definitionOne versed in the knowledge of animalcules.
Read the complete definitionAn animalcule.
Read the complete definitionAn infusorian of the family Vorticellidae, common in fresh-water ponds.
Read the complete definitionAn order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
Read the complete definitionExceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.
Read the complete definitionThe male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with …
Read the complete definitionA genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the …
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