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Milne-Edwards
[ miln-ed-werdz; French meel-ney-dwars ]
noun
- Hen·ri [ah, n, -, ree], 1800–85, French zoologist.
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Milne-Edwards' theoretical views, as expounded in his Introduction à la zoologie générale , well reflect this Cuvierian attitude.
Such, then, were the factors which Milne-Edwards 200considered adequate to explain the rich variety of animal forms.
We have laid stress on the fact that Milne-Edwards put function before form, for this is the mark of the true Cuvierian.
This is the second law of organic form, and it is this law that Milne-Edwards chiefly elaborates.
Professor Milne-Edwards remarks that he knows not amongst the carnivora a similar example of a tooth so disposed.
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