D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Bioscope

· Bi·o·scope · IPA
01 n. A view of life; that which gives such a view.
  1. 1.
    A view of life; that which gives such a view.
    “Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners. [Book Title.]— W. Bayley (1824).
  2. 2.
    An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see); an archaic term replaced by movie projector.[archaic] See: movie projector
  3. 3.
    a South African movie theater.