Word of the Day

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

Animalcule

[an-ə-MAL-kyool]Part of speech: noun

Origin: latin, late 16th century

• A microscopic animal.

Examples of Animalcule in a sentence

• You'll have to use the microscope to see this animalcule.
• The discovery of the new animalcule was cause for celebration.

About Animalcule

Don’t focus on the “animal” part of this word. “Cule” is what really matters, and it means tiny. The earliest microbiologists studied what they called animalcules under microscopes. Today they’re more likely called microbes.

Did you Know?

In the late 1600s, scientists began to use microscopes to examine the minute creatures present in water. Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek called them “dierken,” which was translated into English as animalcule, or tiny animal. This term was eventually replaced by microbes around the late 1800s.

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Here it is, the middle of the work week and... oh wait, most of us aren't working.

What are you doing during this hiatus?  I'm trying to stay creative, and I really need to do some writing.  We have a Song Story prompt up, the weekly Short Affair and, I think Once Upon A Time is back.  Chime in on your challenges please, I'm probably not completely up to date.

If you're not writing, what are you reading?  Do we need some additional links for stories that haven't been seen in a while?  Let me know, we have archives, the Way Back Machine has stories that go back decades.

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I ran this poll in January, and forgot to close it.  Because we're in such a different place, no pun intended, perhaps anyone who missed participating might want to take a look.

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