CUVIER

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• CUVIER (noun)
  The noun CUVIER has 1 sense:

1. French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)

  Familiarity information: CUVIER used as a noun is very rare.

• CUVIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Baron Georges Cuvier; Cuvier; Georges Cuvier; Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier

Instance hypernyms:

natural scientist; naturalist (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))

 Context examples 

As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)