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Milne-Edwards

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

noun

  1. Henri 1800–85, French zoologist.


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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

Gervais, E. Blanchard, and above all by A. Milne-Edwards, and in the equivalent beds of Hampshire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

We have laid stress on the fact that Milne-Edwards put function before form, for this is the mark of the true Cuvierian.

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

This is also described and figured by Milne-Edwards.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

The last cause of diversity that Milne-Edwards adduces is what he calls a "borrowing" of peculiarities of structure from another systematic group.

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

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