Cuvierian

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adjective

Of or relating to Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French naturalist and zoologist.

OriginFrench Cuvier →
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Meanings

adjectiveCuvierian (comparative more Cuvierian, superlative most Cuvierian)

comparative more Cuvierian · superlative most Cuvierian · alternative Cuvierean

  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

Origin

  1. FrenchCuvier
  2. EnglishCuvierian

From Cuvier + -ian, from French Cuvier.

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Cuvierian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cuvierian

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Chicago

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