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Cuvierian
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English
Alternative forms
en Cuvierean
Etymology
From en Cuvier -ian, from en fr Cuvier.
Adjective
Of or relating to Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French naturalist and zoologist.
en 1875 September Editor's Table: “Knox the Incomparable” w:Popular Science Monthly 7 Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 7.djvu/641 623 Dr. Knox took the ground, bold ground half a century ago, of the vast antiquity of man, and, though holding to the Cuvierean view of the immutability of species, he shrank from no opprobrium of beliefs denounced at that time as spurious science,
Derived terms
en Cuvierian duct Cuvierian organ Cuvierian tubule
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