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caminalcule

noun

Etymology

Blend of Camin + animalcule, named after American biologist Joseph Camin, who invented them.

  1. derived from *h₂enh₁-✻ — “to breathe”
  2. derived from animal — “animal; living creature”
  3. learned borrowing from animalculum — “lowly or small animal”
  4. compounded as caminalcule — “Camin + animalcule”

Definitions

  1. One of a group of made-up organisms used to teach concepts in phylogenetics.

The neighborhood

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