What does animalculum mean?

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animalculum

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"[T]he Eyelids are fortify'd vvith little ſtiffe briſtles as vvith Paliſadoes, againſt the aſſault of Flyes and Gnats, and ſuch like bold Animalcula."

animalcula (plural)

animalcule

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