Leeuwenhoek

Or Le·u·wen·hoek

[ley-vuhn-hook, ley-y-wuhn-hook]

noun

1. Anton van 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.

Leeuwenhoek

/ ˈleːwənhuːk, ˈleɪvənˌhuːk /

noun

1. Anton van (ˈɑntɔn vɑn). 1632–1723, Dutch microscopist, whose microscopes enabled him to give the first accurate description of blood corpuscles, spermatozoa, and microbes

Leeuwenhoek

1. Dutch naturalist and pioneer of microscopic research. He was the first to describe protozoa, bacteria, and spermatozoa. He also made observations of yeasts, red blood cells, and blood capillaries, and traced the life histories of various animals, including the flea, ant, and weevil.

Example Sentences

Ever since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered the world of bacteria through a microscope in the late seventeenth century, humans have tried to look deeper into the world of the infinitesimally small.

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Yet when Leeuwenhoek discovered sperm, he anticipated that the world would be disgusted.

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Van Leeuwenhoek’s teeth were coated with a jellylike film containing billions of bacteria.

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Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made extraordinary observations of blood cells, sperm cells and bacteria with his microscopes.

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That world was discovered by the Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek when, in 1676, he was the first to see living creatures invisible to the naked eye.

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