Jan /yɑn/Show Spelled[yahn]Show IPA, 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel prize 1969.
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his brother, Ni·ko·laas /ˈnɪkələs; Dutchˈnikoʊˌlɑs/Show Spelled[nik-uh-luhs; Dutchnee-koh-lahs]Show IPA, ( "Niko" )1907–1988, British ethologist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel prize for medicine 1973.
Jan (jæn). 1903--94, Dutch economist, noted for his work on econometrics. He shared (1969) the first Nobel prize for economics with Ragnar Frisch
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his brother, Nikolaas (ˈnɪkələs). 1907--88, British zoologist, born in the Netherlands; studied animal behaviour, esp instincts, and was one of the founders of ethology; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.