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Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
DEFINITIONS OF:
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
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n
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
Synonyms:
Chevalier de Lamarck
,
Lamarck
Example of:
natural scientist
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naturalist
a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
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