Cousteau

[ koo-stoh ]
/ kuˈstoʊ /

noun

Jacques Yves [zhahk eev] /ʒɑk iv/,1910–97, French naval officer, author, and underseas explorer: developed the Aqua-Lung.

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British Dictionary definitions for cousteau

Cousteau
/ (French kusto) /

noun

Jacques Yves (ʒɑk iv). 1910–97, French underwater explorer

Scientific definitions for cousteau

Cousteau
[ kōō-stō ]
Jacques Yves 1910-1997

French underwater explorer who helped develop the Aqua-Lung (an underwater breathing apparatus) and designed the bathyscaphe and a small, deep-sea submarine known as a diving saucer. Cousteau also devised an underwater television system and produced several films that widely popularized marine biology.