Geoffroy
/ˈdʒɛfrɔɪ/ /ˈdʒɒfrɔɪ/ /ˈʒɒfrwa/noun
Used in the genitive to designate species and varieties of animal collected or described by Étienne or Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, or named in their honour.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Griffith (1790–1858), naturalist. From the name of Étienne GeoffroySaint-Hilaire and his son Isidore, both French zoologists.
- prehistorian
- prehistoric
- prehistorical
- prehistorically
- prehistoric archaeology
- prehistoric archeology
- prehistoric man
- prehistory
- prehnite
- prehnitic acid
- prehominid
- prehospital
- prehuman
- prehyoid
- prehypertension
- prehypertensive
- pre-ictal
- pre-ignition
- preimage
- pre-imagination
- pre-imagine
- pre-imagined
- preimmune
- preimplantation
- pre-impregnate