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Definition: Cuvier |
CuvierNoun1. French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Cuvier" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
"Cuvier" is a common misspelling or typo for: caviar, cover. |
Synonyms: CuvierSynonyms: Baron Georges Cuvier (n), Georges Cuvier (n), Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cuvier |
| English words defined with "Cuvier": Articulata ♦ Bimana. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cuvier" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (washtub). |
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 | Upeneus martinicus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Yellow goat-fish; salmonete. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 5. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Catalufa; Toro. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 16. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Plate XVI. 57. Xenodermichthys nodulosus, Gunther. Gunther, Challenger Report , Vol. XXII. 58. Aleposomus socialis, (Vaillant), Goode and Bean. From Vailla nt, "Exped. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talisman." Microstoma rotundatum, (Ris so), Gunther. From Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire Natur. des Poissons de la France." Harpodon macrochir, Gunther. Gunther, Challenger Report, Vol. 22. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate XII. 41. Alepocephalus rostratus, Risso. From Cuvier and Valenciennes, " Histoire Naturelle des Poissons de la France. 42. Alepocephalus niger, Gunther. From Gunther, "Challenger Report, Vol. XXII." 43. Conocara macroptera, (Vailla nt), Goode and Bean. From Vaillant, "Exped. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talis man." 44. Bathytroctes macrolepis, Gunther. Gunther, Challenger Report. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Pl. CXIX. Mancalias Shufeldtii, Gill. At N. Lat. 37.2, W. Lon. 69.65, in 2949 fathoms. 402. Cryptopsaras Couesii, Gill. At N. Lat. 38.2, W. Lon. 68.4, in 1686 fathoms. 403. Halieutaea stellata, Cuvier and Valenciennes. From Temminck and Schlegel, "Fauna Japonica." 404. Paroneirodes glomerosus, Alcock. From Alcock, "Annals and Magazine of Natural History," Vol. II. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate 35. The Sunfish. Mola rotunda, Cuvier. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plate 175. The Triple-Tail or Black Grouper. Lobotes surinamensis (Bl.), Cuvier. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | G. Frédéric Cuvier / Dessiné d'après nature en 1826, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Cuvier / Painted by W.H. Pickersgill, 1831. Engraved by George T. Doo, 1840. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | The Skeleton of a large species of quadruped hitherto unknown lately discovered one hundred feet under ground near the River La Plata / drawn up by G. Cuvier. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cuvier" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.93% of the time. "Cuvier" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 82.93% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.2% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (comparative) | 4.88% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 41 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Cuvier": Baron Georges Cuvier ♦ Georges Cuvier ♦ Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuvier | 13 |
george cuvier | 9 |
cuvier park | 8 |
cuvier jolla la park | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: curie, curve, ureic. | |
-2 letters: cire, cure, ecru, rice, rive, uric, vice, vier. | |
-3 letters: cue, cur, ecu, ice, ire, rec, rei, rev, rue, vie. | |
-4 letters: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-r-u-v" | |
+1 letter: cursive, curvier, incurve. | |
+2 letters: acervuli, culverin, curative, cursives, curviest, incurved, incurves, scurvier, scurvies, verjuice, virucide. | |
+3 letters: culverins, curatives, cursively, curveting, decurving, echovirus, excursive, incurvate, involucre, lucrative, reclusive, recursive, recurving, reductive, revictual, scurviest, vehicular, veracious, verjuices, vesicular, victualer, virucides, virulence, virulency. | |
+4 letters: aviculture, circumvent, corruptive, curatively, curvetting, discursive, incurvated, incurvates, involucres, overcuring, percussive, preclusive, productive, revictuals, scurviness, surjective, survivance, ulcerative, uncoercive, uncovering, uncreative, ventriculi, vermicular, versicular, victualers, victualler, virulences, vociferous, volumetric, vouchering, vulcanizer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 75 76 69 65 72 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. ..- ...- .. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01110101 01110110 01101001 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C u v i e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0075 0076 0069 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378788757184 |
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