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HAECKEL

• HAECKEL (noun)
The noun HAECKEL has 1 sense:

1. German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)

Familiarity information: HAECKEL used as a noun is very rare.

• HAECKEL (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ernst Heinrich Haeckel; Haeckel

Instance hypernyms:

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

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