HyperDic: jean_louis_rodolphe_agassiz

English > 1 sense of the expression Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz:
NOUNperson Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Agassiz, Louis AgassizUnited States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish
English > Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873).
SynonymsAgassiz, Louis Agassiz
Instance ofnaturalist, natural scientistA biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
SpanishJean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz
CatalanJean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz

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