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Moreau

[ maw-rohor, French, maw-roh mawr-oh ]

noun

  1. Gustave [g, y, s-, tav], 1826–98, French painter.
  2. Jeanne [zhahn], 1928–2017, French film actress.
  3. Jean Vic·tor [zhah, n, veek-, tawr], 1763–1813, French general.
  4. a river in northwest South Dakota, flowing east to the Missouri River. 290 miles (470 km) long.


Moreau

/ mɔro /

noun

  1. MoreauGustave18261898MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Gustave (ɡystav) 1826–98, French symbolist painter
  2. MoreauJean Victor17631813MFrenchMILITARY: general Jean Victor (ʒɑ̃ viktɔr). 1763–1813, French general in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
  3. MoreauJeanne1928FFrenchTHEATRE: stage actressFILMS AND TV: actress Jeanne (ʒan). born 1928, French stage and film actress. Her films include Jules et Jim (1961), Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), and The Proprietor (1996)


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To find out, Moreau and colleagues turned to a 93-year-old Xerces specimen housed at Chicago’s Field Museum, extracting DNA from a tiny bit of the insect’s tissue.

Moreau reports that he is now leading researchers in exploring “another deep and long cave, which has yielded hundreds of dinosaur footprints.”

Moreau has studied dinosaur footprints and plants in southern France’s Causses Basin for more than a decade.

Moreau’s team described the prints in early 2018 in the International Journal of Speleology.

Moreau’s group shared what they found online March 25 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Flavien Moreau is a 28-year-old man originally from South Korea who was adopted by a French family when he was two.

But I bet even Dr. Moreau is on his island somewhere thinking, those Danes are nuts.

Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai report on the alleged corruption.

Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau on how flying footwear protects women and settles scores.

Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau report on the grave danger they face.

In 1838 he married the daughter of Moreau (de l'Oise), who brought him a very large dowry.

At that time she was mistress of Moreau, steward of M. de Serizy.

Moreau was in love with her and would have made her his wife, but just then was under sentence of death and a fugitive.

They had expected a repetition of Moreau's advance by Munich; instead, they were called on to defend their capital a second time.

Never had my faithful Moreau-Repton responded to my impatience with such ardor and regularity.

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