Cuvier

American  

[kyoo-vee-ay, koov-yay, ky-vyay] / ˈkju viˌeɪ, kuvˈjeɪ, küˈvjeɪ /

noun

1. Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.

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Cuvier British  

/ kyvje, ˈkjuːvɪeɪ /

noun

1. Georges ( Jean-Leopold-Nicolas-Frédéric ) (ʒɔrʒ), Baron. 1769–1832, French zoologist and statesman; founder of the sciences of comparative anatomy and palaeontology

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Cuvier Scientific  

/ kyo̅o̅′vē-ā′ /

1. French anatomist who is considered the founder of comparative anatomy. He originated a system of zoological classification that grouped animals according to the structures of their skeletons and organs. Cuvier extended his system to fossils; his reconstructions of the way extinct animals looked, based on their skeletal remains, greatly advanced the science of paleontology.

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Cuvier

It wasn't until Georges Cuvier, a French paleontologist, came along that it was correctly recognized as a flying reptile.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023

The migration was first documented in the early 1800s, when naturalist Georges Cuvier noted that plankton called daphnia—water fleas—were disappearing and reappearing in a daily cycle in a shallow freshwater lake.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 6, 2021

Known as the father of vertebrate paleontology, Cuvier made significant contributions to the study of ancient life and taught at Paris’s Museum of Natural History.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

The other was a Megatherium fossil discovered in 1788 that, rendered in an engraving, allowed comparative anatomist Georges Cuvier to identify it as a giant sloth.

From Nature ● Dec. 20, 2016

And one cold Tuesday in December, when Marie-Laure has been blind for over a year, her father walks her up rue Cuvier to the edge of the Jardin des Plantes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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