Cuvierian

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Cuvier +‎ -ian, from French Cuvier.

Adjective

Cuvierian (comparative more Cuvierian, superlative most Cuvierian)

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

Derived terms

  • Cuvierian duct
  • Cuvierian organ
  • Cuvierian tubule
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