slipper animalcule

noun

Etymology

Compare Finnish tohvelieläin, German Pantoffeltierchen, Japanese 草履虫 (zōrimushi), Swedish toffeldjur.

  1. derived from toffeldjur
  2. derived from 草履虫
  3. derived from Pantoffeltierchen

Definitions

  1. A paramecium

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slipper animalcule. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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