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• Animalcule — ( little animal , from Latin animal + the diminutive suffix culum ) is an older term for a microscopic animal or protozoan. Some better known animalcules include:* Rotifers, called wheel animalcules * Paramecium , called slipper animalcules *… …   Wikipedia

• heliozoan — noun protozoa with spherical bodies and stiff radiating pseudopods • Hypernyms: ↑actinopod • Member Holonyms: ↑Heliozoa, ↑order Heliozoa * * * adjective or noun see heliozoa * * * /hee lee euh zoh euhn/, n …   Useful english dictionary

• biology — /buy ol euh jee/, n. 1. the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior. 2. the living organisms of a region: the biology of Pennsylvania. 3. the… …   Universalium

• extraterrestrial life — Introduction   life that may exist or may have existed in the universe outside of Earth. The search for extraterrestrial life encompasses many fundamental scientific questions. What are the basic requirements for life? Could life have arisen… …   Universalium

• Athanasius Kircher — Portrait of Kircher from Mundus Subterraneus, 1664 Born 2 May 1601 or 1602 Geisa, Abbacy of Fulda Died 27 November or 28 November 16 …   Wikipedia

• History of zoology (through 1859) — This article considers the history of zoology before the theory of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin in 1859.Pre scientific zoologyHumans have been fascinated by the other members of the animal kingdom throughout history. In early Europe, they …   Wikipedia

• List of Jesuit scientists — Members of the Society of Jesus have a historical and occasionally controversial role in the history of science. This is relational to the List of Christian thinkers in science, but different in that it is not required the person be of any… …   Wikipedia

• dévotion — (dé vo sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Attachement aux pratiques religieuses. Personne pleine de dévotion. Il a beaucoup de dévotion. •   Et qui, jeune, n a pas grande dévotion, RÉGNIER Sat. XIII. •   Faire de son devoir son mérite …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré