HyperDic: lamarck

English > 1 sense of the word Lamarck:
NOUNperson Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de LamarckFrench naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics / characteristics (1744-1829)
English > Lamarck: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrench naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics / characteristics (1744-1829).
SynonymsJean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck
Instance ofnaturalist, natural scientistA biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
SpanishJean Baptiste de Lamarck, Lamarck
CatalanLamarck
AdjectivesLamarckianof or relating to Lamarckism

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