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AGASSIZ
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• AGASSIZ (noun)
The noun AGASSIZ has 1 sense:
1. United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
Familiarity information: AGASSIZ used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Agassiz; Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz; Louis Agassiz
Instance hypernyms:
natural scientist; naturalist (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))
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