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Mau•per•tuis
Pronunciation: (mō-per-twē'), [key]—
n.
Pierre Louis Mo•reau de Pronunciation: (pyer- lwē- mô-rō' du), [key] 1698–1759, French mathematician, astronomer, and biologist.
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