Cuvier
['kju:viei]
Definition
(noun.) French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832).
Editor: Pasquale--From WordNet
Examples
- Who would have believed in the mammoth, had not the huge beast been reconstructed by Cuvier? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Cuvier said, Davy, not yet thirty-two, in the opinion of all who could judge of such labors, held the first rank among the chemists of this or of any other age. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The expression of conditions of existence, so often insisted on by the illustrious Cuvier, is fully embraced by the principle of natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Frederick Cuvier and several of the older metaphysicians have compared instinct with habit. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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