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Cuvier

American  
[kyoo-vee-ey, koov-yey, ky-vyey] / ˈkyu viˌeɪ, kuvˈyeɪ, küˈvyeɪ /

noun

  1. Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.

Cuvier British  
/ kyvje, ˈkjuːvɪeɪ /

noun

  1. Georges ( Jean-Leopold-Nicolas-Frédéric ) (ʒɔrʒ), Baron. 1769–1832, French zoologist and statesman; founder of the sciences of comparative anatomy and palaeontology

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Cuvier Scientific  
/ kyo̅o̅′vē-ā′ /

  1. French anatomist who is considered the founder of comparative anatomy. He originated a system of zoological classification that grouped animals according to the structures of their skeletons and organs. Cuvier extended his system to fossils; his reconstructions of the way extinct animals looked, based on their skeletal remains, greatly advanced the science of paleontology.

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