Baer
[bair]
- Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn, fən/, 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Max,1909–59, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1934.
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Contemporary Examples
Baer, the Arizona artist, said she had heard that Clinton reads a book a day.
Baer began to make notes on his napkin, determined to dedicate an episode of the new season's show to this issue.
Historical Examples
And I will even believe that there was of this divinity in Rabbi Baer.
Dreamers of the GhettoI. Zangwill
We have seen what were von Baer's criticisms of the theory of parallelism.
Form and FunctionE. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
"It's a mistake, an awful mistake, Mr. Baer," he censured me.
Crimes of CharityKonrad Bercovici
In 1829 Baer discovered the human egg, and later the chorda dorsalis.
The Last LinkErnst Haeckel
Baer, especially, has laid stress on the purposiveness of all vital movement.
The Wonders of LifeErnst Haeckel
Baer
(bâr)Karl Ernst von 1792-1876- Estonian-born German naturalist and pioneer embryologist who discovered (1827) the mammalian egg in the ovary. He later described the process by which the fertilized egg develops first into germ layers and then into different organs and tissues.
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BAER
- brainstem auditory evoked response
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