CHARLES ALFRED CANIVET
\t͡ʃˈɑːlz ˈalfɹɪd kˈanɪvɪt], \tʃˈɑːlz ˈalfɹɪd kˈanɪvɪt], \tʃ_ˈɑː_l_z ˈa_l_f_ɹ_ɪ_d k_ˈa_n_ɪ_v_ɪ_t]\
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A French journalist, novelist, and poet; born in Valognes, Manche, Feb. 10, 1839. His reputation was made by a series of articles in the Soleil, under the pseudonym of "Jean de Nivelle"; but in fiction he is well known as the author of word-pictures of Normandy life, among them "Poor Devils" and "The Organist's Niece". His "Lost Colonies" is an account of the French forfeiture of India and of Canada through an impotent foreign policy; and his best poetry is probably in the collection "Along the Coast".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.