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n. - French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832).

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  • We see this in the plainest manner by the fact that all the most eminent palaeontologists, namely Cuvier, Owen, Agassiz,
  • In a bid to train them, the crocodiles, which are called Cuvier's dwarf caiman, are given food as a prize if they react in the right way.
  • With the end of this period and the advent of a more philosophical type of naturalist, such as Cuvier
  • The granite trimmings, which are rather too profuse, are carved with the names of eminent scientists, such as Cuvier,
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