Definitions for Agassiz

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Agassiz Ag·as·siz

Spelling: [ag-uh-see; for 2 also French a

IPA: /ˈæg ə si; for 2 also French a gaˈsi/

Agassiz is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in Agassiz (aagissz).

Definitions for Agassiz

noun

1. Alexander, 1835–1910, U.S. oceanographer and marine zoologist, born in Switzerland.
2. his father, (Jean) Louis (Rodolphe) [zhahn lwee raw-dawlf] /ʒɑ̃ lwi rɔˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1807–73, U.S. zoologist and geologist, born in Switzerland.
3. Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822–1907, U.S. author and educator, a founder and the first president (1894–1903) of Radcliffe College.
4. Lake, a lake existing in the prehistoric Pleistocene Epoch in central N America. 700 miles (1127 km) long.

Examples for Agassiz

Like Agassiz, these gifted souls were "too busy to make money."

This same view has since been maintained by Agassiz and others.

Agassiz is said by Vogt to have seen segmentation in the Perch as early as 1831.

I should have sent back Agassiz sooner, but my servant has been very unwell.

Agassiz was one of the most remarkable teachers of science that ever lived.

Yet he has done for man something like what Agassiz did for glaciers.

But it is when Lulla has undertaken to investigate a tin of sweets that she most suggests Agassiz.

This was in the summer of 1873, and Agassiz died the December following.

On this head, a remark of Agassiz impressed me more than anything else.

What a splendid imagination Agassiz has, and how energetic he is!