Microscopic+animal
41microorganism — /maɪkroʊˈɔgənɪzəm/ (say muykroh awguhnizuhm) noun a microscopic (animal or vegetable) organism …
42animalcule — n. (pl ula), archaic, microscopic animal, or, erroneously, plant. ♦ animalcular, a …
43animalculum — n. (pl ula), archaic, microscopic animal, or, erroneously, plant. ♦ animalcular, a …
44plankton — [plaŋk′tən] n. [Ger < Gr planktos, wandering < plazesthai, to wander, akin to planan: see PLANET] the usually microscopic animal and plant life found floating or drifting in the ocean or in bodies of fresh water, used as food by nearly all… …
45red diarrhea — noun or red dysentery : bloody diarrhea of calves; especially : coccidiosis caused by a microscopic animal parasite Eimeria (E. zurnii) …
46dermatozoon — /deuhr mat euh zoh on, derr meuh teuh /, n., pl. dermatozoa / zoh euh/. Biol. any microscopic animal or protozoan living as a parasite on or in the skin of the host. [DERMATO + ZOON] …
47asc|hel|minth — «ask HEHL mihnth», noun. any microscopic animal of a phylum comprising organisms with a pseudocoel, an unsegmented body surrounded by a cuticle, and a digestive tube with posterior anus, such as the rotifers, gastrotrichans, and nematodes. ╂[< …
48germ´like´ — germ «jurm», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a microscopic animal, plant, or other organism, especially one that causes disease; microbe: »the germ of scarlet fever. There are many kinds of germs, including bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. 2. the… …
49MESELSON, MATTHEW — (1930– ), U.S. biologist. Born in Denver, Colorado, he was educated at the University of Chicago, the University of California at Berkeley, and the California Institute of Technology, where he was research fellow in chemical biology (1957–60). He …
50plankton — Animal and plant life, largely microscopic, found floating and drifting in large numbers in the ocean and in bodies of fresh water [Bliss, 1982]. Organisms unable to maintain their position or distribution independent of the water movement or air …
