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Meaning of ZOOPRAXISCOPE

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Zo`["o]*prax"i*scope\, n. [Zo["o]- + Gr. ? a
doing, an acting (from ? to do) + -scope.]
An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the
phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a
screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals,
and the like.
 

 

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