Cuvier

[ kyoo-vee-ey, koov-yey; French ky-vyey ]

/ ˈkyu viˌeɪ, kuvˈyeɪ; French küˈvyeɪ /

noun

Georges Lé·o·pold Chré·tien Fré·dé·ric Da·go·bert

[zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/, Baron,1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.

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Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere school-boys to old Aristotle.
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aristotle did make progress beyond earlier philosophers, just as Darwin advanced beyond Linnaeus and Cuvier.
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cuvier, Siméon, and Allent were the constant defenders of traditional and administrative influence.
Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time|Franois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Some young men once determined to frighten the famous naturalist Cuvier.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6|Augustus J. C. Hare

It is an excellent illustration of Cuvier's sagacity, and he evidently takes some pride in telling his story about it.
On the Method of Zadig|Thomas Henry Huxley
At length, one morning, Cuvier was awakened by the cries of the female, who with her wings beat against the panes of his window.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.|Various
The great Cuvier was a singularly accurate, careful, and industrious observer.
Self-Help|Samuel Smiles

British Dictionary definitions for cuvier

Cuvier

/ (ˈkjuːvɪeɪ, French kyvje) /

noun

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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Science definitions for cuvier

Cuvier

[ kyōō′vē-ā′ ]

Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert 1769-1832

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.