Definition of Animalculist. Meaning of Animalculist. Synonyms of Animalculist

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Definition of Animalculist

Animalculist
Animalculist An`i*mal"cu*list, n. [Cf. F. animalculiste.] 1. One versed in the knowledge of animalcules. --Keith. 2. A believer in the theory of animalculism.

Meaning of Animalculist from wikipedia

- united to soul, even past apparent death. In the 18th century, some animalculists thought that an animal's sperm behaved like the adult animal, and recorded...
- Human Bodies, London, 1701, p. 279, quoted in R. C. Punnet, "Ovists and Animalculists," The American Naturalist vol. 62 no. 683 (1928), p. 491. Correia, Clara...