Definition of Georges Cuvier

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Georges Cuvier

George VI
George Vancouver
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush
George Washington
George Washington Bridge
George Washington Carver
George Washington Goethals
George Wells Beadle
George Westinghouse
George William Russell
George du Maurier
Georges Bizet
Georges Braque
Georges Clemenceau
Georges Cuvier (current term)
Georges Enesco
Georges Eugene Benjamin Clemenceau
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
Georges Henri Lemaitre
Georges Jacques Danton
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier
Georges Pierre Seurat
Georges Seurat
Georges Simenon
Georges de La Tour
Georgetown
Georgi
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov

Literary usage of Georges Cuvier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It was in 1794, also, that through the introduction of tessier he entered into correspondence with Georges Cuvier, to whom, after the perusal of some of his ..."

2. Natural History: Its Rise and Progress in Britain as Developed in the Life by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1886)
"Georges Cuvier was born on the 23d of August 1769, at Montbeliard, ... Georges Cuvier was a delicate and studious child, and early showed a marked ..."

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