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Noun: Lamarck  lu'maa(r)k
  1. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
    - Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck

See also: Lamarckian

Type of: natural scientist, naturalist

Encyclopedia: Lamarck Lamarck, Chevalier de