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Noun: Swammerdam  'svaa-mur,daam
  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)
    - Jan Swammerdam

Type of: microscopist, natural scientist, naturalist

Encyclopedia: Swammerdam

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