Maury

[ mawr-ee, mor-ee ]

noun
  1. Matthew Fon·taine [fon-teyn, fon-teyn], /fɒnˈteɪn, ˈfɒn teɪn/, 1806–73, U.S. naval officer and scientist.

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Maury

/ (ˈmɔːrɪ) /


noun
  1. Matthew Fontaine. 1806–73, US pioneer hydrographer and oceanographer

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Scientific definitions for Maury

Maury

[ môrē ]


  1. American naval officer and oceanographer who charted the currents and winds of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and wrote the pioneering book Physical Geography of the Sea (1855).

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