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Leeuwenhoek

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Leeu·wen·hoek or Leu·wen·hoek  (lvn-hk, lü-wn-hk), Anton van 1632-1723.
Dutch microscopy pioneer and naturalist who formulated early descriptions of bacteria and spermatozoa.
Leeuwenhoek [ˈleɪvənˌhuːk (Dutch) ˈleːwənhuːk]
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(Biographies / Leeuwenhoek, Anton van (1632-1723) M, Dutch, SCIENCE: microscopist) Anton van (ˈɑntɔn vɑn). 1632-1723, Dutch microscopist, whose microscopes enabled him to give the first accurate description of blood corpuscles, spermatozoa, and microbes
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Noun1.Leeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)Leeuwenhoek - Dutch pioneer microscopist who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and who gave the first accurate descriptions of microbes and spermatozoa and blood corpuscles (1632-1723)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Anton van Leuwenhoek, Leuwenhoek
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Surely, Anton van Leeuwenhoek did not dream that his "invention" would go this long, and that it would be used outside of biology.
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One day, Leeuwenhoek was improving magnifying lenses, so he could better evaluate a cloth''s weave.
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