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    SWAMMERDAM

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     I. (noun) 

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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)play

    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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