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leuwenhoek

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Noun

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)

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Leuwenhoek Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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