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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley