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Cuvierian, a.|kjuːvɪˈɪərɪən|
[f. Cuvier (see below) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or named after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832); characteristic of his methods or system of classification.
Cuvierian ducts, two short transverse venous ducts in the vertebrate fœtus and in fishes which return the blood from the cardinal veins to the sinus venosus of the heart; the common cardinal veins. Cuvierian organs (see quot. 1897).
1856Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Sept. 207/2 A Cuvierian examination of the various articles. 1870G. Rolleston Forms Anim. Life 146 It has been said that the ‘Cuvierian organs’, certain structures of..doubtful function attached to the stem of the respiratory tree or inserted upon the cloaca, are wanting in all Cucumariae with unequal tentacles. Ibid. 262 (index) Cuvierian ducts. 1897Parker & Haswell Zool. I. ix. 394 In the Holothurians..the ‘Cuvierian organs’ are simple filiform glandular tubes.. connected with the cloaca. 1905H. S. Pratt Vertebr. Zoöl. 52 Joining each end of the transverse sinus venosus is a large and conspicuous duct or sinus called the Cuvierian duct. 1962D. Nichols Echinoderms vi. 81 In aspidochirotes there are two groups of special defensive cuvierian organs branching from the bases of the respiratory trees. 1964W. Coleman G. Cuvier Zoologist iii. 50 The second Cuvierian anatomical rule, the subordination of characters, may be considered as the epitome of the hierarchical arrangement of functions and therefore of organs. |