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Cuvierean

Cuvierean is the alternative form of Cuvierian.

Meaning of Cuvierian

Adjective

Cuvierian (comparative more Cuvierian, superlative most Cuvierian)

  1. Of or relating to Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French naturalist and zoologist.
    • 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, […]1875 September, “Editor's Table: “Knox the Incomparable””, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 7, page 623

Forms of Cuvierean

comparativemore Cuvierean
superlativemost Cuvierean

Questions about Cuvierean

What is Cuvierean the alternative form of?
Cuvierean is the alternative form of Cuvierian.

Words near Cuvierean in the dictionary

  1. cuvette
  2. cuvettes
  3. cuvier
  4. Cuvier's dwarf caiman
  5. Cuvier's rail
  6. Cuvierean
  7. Cuvierian
  8. Cuvierian organ
  9. Cuvierian tubule
  10. Cuvierian tubules
  11. cuviers

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