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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.

• AGASSIZ (noun)

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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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