cuvier

Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Cuvier especially French naturalists Georges Cuvier and Frédéric Cuvier.

cuvier

1. Cuvier (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Cuvier's ..."

Borrowed from French cuvier (“vat”).

cuvier (plural cuviers)

1. (oenology) Fermenting room of a winery
   • 2014 July 19, Ian Mount, “A family feud, uncorked in Spain [print version: ‘A family feud uncorked in Spain: Clan's succession battle threatens their legacy and widely praised wine’, International New York Times, 21 July 2014, p. 16]”, in The New York Times‎:

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

• cruive

cuvier m (plural cuviers)

1. vat (large receptacle for liquids, etc.)

• “cuvier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).