NOUN | person | Louis Agassiz, Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz | United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish |
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Meaning | United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873). | |
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Synonyms | Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz | |
Instance of | naturalist, natural scientist | A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) |
Spanish | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz | |
Catalan | Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz |
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