Dictionary entry

Zoöpraxiscope

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Zo′ö‐prax″i‐scope (?), 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.