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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, naturalist
a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
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