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GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL
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• GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL (noun)
The noun GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL has 1 sense:
1. English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852)
Familiarity information: GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL used as a noun is very rare.
• GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Gideon Algernon Mantell; Mantell
Instance hypernyms:
geologist (a specialist in geology)
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"When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard." (Native American proverb, Lakota)
"Older than you by a day, more knowledgeable than you by a year." (Arabic proverb)
"Postponement is cancellation." (Dutch proverb)