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Milne-Edwards

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[miln-ed-werdz, meel-ney-dwars] / ˈmɪlnˈɛd wərdz, mil neɪˈdwars /

noun

  1. Henri 1800–85, French zoologist.


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Milne-Edwards of the original drawing in a MS.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

It was discovered by the Abbé David, who named it after the well-known Professor A. Milne-Edwards.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Professor Milne-Edwards remarks that he knows not amongst the carnivora a similar example of a tooth so disposed.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Such, then, were the factors which Milne-Edwards 200considered adequate to explain the rich variety of animal forms.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

For Professor Milliter was universally allowed to be the greatest living authority in England on comparative anatomy, the rising successor of Cuvier, and Owen, and Milne-Edwards, and Carpenter, in the general knowledge of animal structure.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant