Buffon

[ by-fawn ]

noun

1. Georges Louis Le·clerc [zhaw, r, zh lwee l, uh, -, kler], Comte de, 1707–88, French naturalist.

Buffon

/ byfɔ̃ /

noun

1. BuffonGeorges Louis Leclerc, Comte de17071788MFrenchWRITING: encyclopedist Georges Louis Leclerc (ʒɔrʒ lwi ləklɛr), Comte de . 1707–88, French encyclopedist of natural history; principal author of Histoire naturelle (36 vols., 1749–89), containing the Époques de la nature (1777), which foreshadowed later theories of evolution

Buffon

/ bo̅o̅-fôn′ /

1. French naturalist who spent his life compiling the Histoire naturelle , in which he attempted to discuss all of the facts about the natural world known at that time. It eventually reached 44 volumes and laid the foundation for later studies in biology, zoology, and anatomy.

Example Sentences

Among the other islands we distinguished the islets Colbert, Keraudren, and Buffon.

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Another favorite theory among infidels, is that of Buffon, the vain-glorious French philosopher.

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This, observes M. Buffon, is a strong proof that they are not very dangerous animals to men.

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An engraving in Sonnini's edition of Buffon represents a Cephaloptera crushing a frigate.

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One would think Buffon had had him in mind in that passage in which he defines genius as patience.

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