Definition of Leeuwenhoek

Noun: Leeuwenhoek  'ley-vun,hook

1. 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)
   - Leuwenhoek, Anton van Leuwenhoek, Anton van Leeuwenhoek

See also:
leets
leeward