Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anton_van_leuwenhoek

1 sense of anton van leuwenhoek

Sense 1
Leuwenhoek, Leeuwenhoek, Anton van Leuwenhoek, Anton van Leeuwenhoek -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> microscopist -- (a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes)