cuvier

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cuvier^¹

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Borrowed from French cuvier (“vat”).

noun cuviers

Fermenting room of a winery The winery, she said, has a fermenting room – a cuvier – "that[…] is the most modern you can find today."

Cuvier^²

proper noun

A surname from French
Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist.

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"cuvier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cuvier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cuvier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cuvier

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"cuvier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cuvier.

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@misc{cuvier_2026,
  title = {cuvier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cuvier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}