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zoöpraxiscope
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zoöpraxiscope, n. [Zoö- + 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. [1913 Webster]
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