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Milne-Edwards

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

noun

  1. Henri 1800–85, French zoologist.


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Darwin, 234-5Gegenbaur, 261Semper, 279In Embryology, 168Main Principle of Morphology, 246, 302 Convergence— Milne-Edwards, 199I.

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

He was constantly in the society of the great men who then so nobly represented the dignity of natural science in France; Laplace, Cuvier, Biot, Arago, Gay-Lussac, Milne-Edwards and others were his friends.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison) Muir

We need only refer to the writings of Professor Suess, Milne-Edwards, and Boyd Dawkins.

From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff

Organic evolution has largely depended upon what Milne-Edwards called the "physiological division of labour."

From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by C. W. (Caleb Williams) Saleeby

The two young naturalists were H. Milne-Edwards and V. Audouin.

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

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