Redi

[ re-dee ]

/ ˈrɛ di /

Fran·ces·co

[frahn-ches-kaw], /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/, 1626?–98, Italian biologist.

QUIZZES

American English is not always as it appears to be ... get to know regional words in this quiz!

Question 1 of 10

A bet is synonymous with a wager, but what does it mean in New York?

In some cases the Redi or Sporocysts do not give rise to tailed Cercari, but to tailless forms.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
Redi found that birds could sustain the want of food from five to twenty-eight days.
Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
In most Redi there is a special opening, not far from the mouth, by which they pass out.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
Borelli in mathematics, Redi in natural history, and many others, enlarged the boundaries of knowledge.
History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom|Andrew Dickson White

Redi, as we have seen, traced the maggots of putrefying flesh to the eggs of flies.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall