Swammerdam

[ svahm-uhr-dahm ]

noun

1. Jan [yahn], 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.

Example Sentences

Swammerdam even saw the pulsation of the great dorsal vessel through the shell of the egg of Oryctes nasicornis.

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In the anatomical field the work of Malpighi and Swammerdam was at first continued most energetically by French students.

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Swammerdam, however, showed the presence under the larval cuticle of the pupal structures.

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If you doubt this, pitch that folio Swammerdam or Puffendorf into a good rousing fire, and mark the result.

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Swammerdam says, in his curious Memoir, entitled "Vita Ephemeri," it is not less than three years.

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