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CHEVALIER DE LAMARCK

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Overview

CHEVALIER DE LAMARCK (noun)
  The noun CHEVALIER DE LAMARCK has 1 sense:

1. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)play

  Familiarity information: CHEVALIER DE LAMARCK used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CHEVALIER DE LAMARCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Chevalier de Lamarck; Jean Baptiste de Lamarck; Lamarck

Instance hypernyms:

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


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