Zoetrope

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 motions as if animated or mechanically


     moved.
     [1913 Webster]