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Noun: Cuvier  'kyoo-vee,ey
  1. French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
    - Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier

Type of: natural scientist, naturalist

Encyclopedia: Cuvier, Jura