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animal-like |
animal-worship |
animalcular |
animalcule |
animalculine |
animalculism
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| animalculum
| animalia
| animalisation
| animalise
animalculism
CIDE DICTIONARY
animalculism, n. [Cf. F. animalculisme.].
- The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules. [1913 Webster]
- The theory that the spermatozoön and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism; -- opposed to
ovism . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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