HAECKEL

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• HAECKEL (noun)
  The noun HAECKEL has 1 sense:

1. German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)

  Familiarity information: HAECKEL used as a noun is very rare.

• HAECKEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel; Haeckel

Instance hypernyms:

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

 Context examples 

Haeckel is his little tin god.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The only way to insult him is to take a slap at Haeckel.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Saleeby and Haeckel indorsed and defended "The Shame of the Sun," for once finding themselves on the same side of a question.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)