Cuvier

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

/ ˈkyu viˌeɪ, kuvˈyeɪ; French küˈvyeɪ /

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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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Words nearby Cuvier

cutwork, cutworm, cuve, cuvée, cuvette, Cuvier, Cuxhaven, Cuyabá, Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyp, cuz

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How to use Cuvier in a sentence

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
There is a wretched figure of this insect given in the fourth volume of Cuvier's Regne Animal.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Were some of his biographers right in asserting that he had adopted Cuvier's system?
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli

The skin being covered with thick hair, induces M. Cuvier to consider that it was the inhabitant of a cold region.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
The name Testacella, or little shell, was given by Cuvier in 1800, because this slug has a small shell at the end of the tail.
Our British Snails|John William Horsley
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

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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Scientific 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.