Swammerdam

[ svahm-uh r-dahm ]

/ ˈsvɑm ərˌdɑm /

noun

Jan

[yahn] /yɑn/,1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.

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"Little Women" may be a classic, but that doesn't mean we all know the meanings of the vocab words from the book. Can you define these words correctly and make Jo proud?

Question 1 of 10

earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Example sentences from the Web for swammerdam

Therefore, Swammerdam has no foundation for asserting, that mutilated queens cease to lay.
New observations on the natural history of bees|Francis Huber
But we have discovered a new part that escaped both him and Swammerdam, which appears from the following experiment.
New observations on the natural history of bees|Francis Huber
Swammerdam gives a most accurate account of the method and situation in which the male impregnates the spawn of the female.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1|Gilbert White
Swammerdam found a nest of this description attached to the stem of a nettle.
Insect Architecture|James Rennie

But Swammerdam appears only twice to have seen the expansion of the dragon-fly, in which this phenomenon is best observed.
The Life of an Insect|Anonymous

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