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Buffon

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/byfɔ̃/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(b fô′)

Buf•fon (by fôn′),USA pronunciation n.

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Buffon /French: byfɔ̃/ n

Georges Louis Leclerc ( ʒɔrʒ lwi ləklɛr ), Comte de. 1707–88, French encyclopedist of natural history; principal author of Histoire naturelle (36 vols., 1749–89), containing the Époques de la nature (1777), which foreshadowed later theories of evolution

'Buffon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

buffoon - caracal - chevrotain - cougar - gibbon - guib - jocko - kinkajou - margay - phalanger - prehensile

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