Associations to the word «Cuvier»

Wiktionary

CUVIER, adjective. Cuvier (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cuvier's ..."
CUVIER, noun. (oenology) Fermenting room of a winery

Dictionary definition

CUVIER, noun. French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832).

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis