English Explanatory Dictionary

cuvier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fermenting room of a winery
name
  1. A surname from French
  2. Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist.

Word forms

cuvier cuviers

Etymology

Borrowed from French cuvier (“vat”).

Derived words

Cuvier's dwarf caiman Cuvier's rail Cuvierian
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