JAN SWAMMERDAM

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Meaning:

Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)

Synonyms:

Jan Swammerdam; Swammerdam

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

microscopist (a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes)

natural scientist; naturalist (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))

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