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Answer for the clue "Animation toy ", 8 letters:
zoetrope
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Word definitions for zoetrope in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A zoetrope is one of several pre-film animation devices that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"optical instrument which exhibits pictures as if alive and in action," 1867, literally "wheel of life," from Greek zoe "life" (see zoo -) + trope "turn" (see trope ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zoetrope \Zo"e*trope\, n. [Gr. ? life + ? turning, from ? to turn.] An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural ...
Usage examples of zoetrope.
At every half mile the horses and the donkeys jumped the water-channels--up, on, change your leg, and off again like figures in a zoetrope, till they grew small along the line of waterwheels.
A spectacular collection of wind-up animals, clockwork figures, and tin soldiers littered the surface of a library table, and a tall cylindrical zoetrope stood on a special display stand nearby.
He would diligently play On the Zoetrope all day, And blow the gay Pantechnicon all night.
This was no zoetrope with an endlessly repeated little visual anecdote: this was a juddering bombardment of infinitely varied moments.
Images flickered through his head still, that Zoetrope of shuffling cards, and he pushed past Lolly.
Terri Brown-Davidson, Jim Ruland, Tony L Hines, and the rest of the talented Zoetrope crew, for their continuing support, advice and inspiration.
A spectacular collection of wind-up animals, clockwork figures, and tin soldiers littered the surface of a library table, and a tall cylindrical zoetrope stood on a special display stand nearby.