HyperDic: jan_swammerdam

English > 1 sense of the expression Jan Swammerdam:
NOUNperson Jan Swammerdam, SwammerdamDutch 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)
English > Jan Swammerdam: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningDutch 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).
SynonymSwammerdam
Instance ofmicroscopistA scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes
naturalist, natural scientistA biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
SpanishJan Swammerdam
CatalanJan Swammerdam

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