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JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ
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I. (noun)
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)
Synonyms:
Agassiz; Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz; Louis Agassiz
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
natural scientist; naturalist (a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology))
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