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Buf⋅fon

  [by-fawn]
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Georges Louis Le⋅clerc  [zhawrzh lwee luh-kler] , Comte de, 1707–88, French naturalist.
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Buf·fon   (bōō-fôɴ')   
French naturalist whose monumental Histoire Naturelle (36 volumes, 1749-1788; 8 additional volumes completed by assistants and published in 1804) laid the foundation for later studies in biology, zoology, and comparative anatomy.
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