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JAN SWAMMERDAM
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• JAN SWAMMERDAM (noun)
The noun JAN SWAMMERDAM has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: JAN SWAMMERDAM used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jan Swammerdam; Swammerdam
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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