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HAECKEL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)
Synonyms:
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel; Haeckel
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Instance hypernyms:
biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)