(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:31:46

Zo`o*prax"i*scope (?), n. [Zoo- + 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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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