HyperDic: cuvier

English > 1 sense of the word Cuvier:
NOUNperson Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert CuvierFrench naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
English > Cuvier: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrench naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832).
SynonymsGeorges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
Instance ofnaturalist, natural scientistA biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
SpanishGeorges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
CatalanCuvier, Georges Cuvier

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