caminalcule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

caminalcule caminalcules

Etymology

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

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