Cuvier

Cu·vier

C0829500 (kyo͞o′vē-ā′, ko͞ov-yā′, kü-vyā′), Baron Georges Léopold 1769-1832. French zoologist who developed influential methods of comparative anatomy and applied them to both fossil and living animals.

Cuvier

(ˈkjuːvɪeɪ; French kyvje) n (Biography) Georges (Jean-Leopold-Nicolas-Frédéric) (ʒɔrʒ), Baron. 1769–1832, French zoologist and statesman; founder of the sciences of comparative anatomy and palaeontology

Cu•vi•er

(ˈkyu viˌeɪ, kuvˈyeɪ)

n. Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist.

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Cuvier - French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier