Definition of Lamarck

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

Exact synonyms: Chevalier De Lamarck, Jean Baptiste De Lamarck
Generic synonyms: Natural Scientist, Naturalist
Derivative terms: Lamarckian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamarck

Lallans
Lallemand
Lallouette's pyramid
Lalmonirhat District
Lalthyrus tingitanus
Lam.
Lam B
Lama guanicoe
Lama pacos
Lama peruana
Lamaism
Lamaist
Lamaistic
Lamanite
Lamarck (current term)
Lamarckian
Lamarckianism
Lamarckians
Lamarckism
Lamarckist
Lamarckists
Lamaze
Lamaze method
Lamaze method of childbirth
Lamb
Lamb of God
Lamb shift
Lamb shifts
Lambaréné

Literary usage of Lamarck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Cylindra, Schumacher. Hyalina, Schumacher). Turbi- nella, Lamarck ... Purpura, Lamarck (Concho- lepas, Fa van. Cuma, Humphrey. Rapan a, Schumacher). ..."

2. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"Lamarck, THE FOUNDER OF EVOLUTION.* BY PROFESSOR WH DALL. TT is now nearly a century since Lamarck published the outlines of -*- his theory of evolution by ..."

3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"... Lamarck, Krebs, The West Indian Marine Shells, p. 16. 1864. ... (Lamarck), Perry and Schwengel, Marine Shells of the Western Coast of Florida, p. ..."

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