Milne-Edwards

American  

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

noun

1. Henri 1800–85, French zoologist.

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Example Sentences

Organic evolution has largely depended upon what Milne-Edwards called the "physiological division of labour."

From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by Saleeby, C. W. (Caleb Williams)

In another part M. Milne-Edwards remarks that there is no carnivorous animal of which the zygomatic arches are so developed as in the Ailuropus.

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

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

Those of Limulus were described and figured by Alphonse Milne-Edwards, but he called them merely “transparent ligaments,” and did not discover their muscular structure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

For Professor Milliter was universally allowed to be the greatest living authority in England on comparative anatomy, the rising successor of Cuvier, and Owen, and Milne-Edwards, and Carpenter, in the general knowledge of animal structure.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant