noun
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
• Syn: ↑Lamarck, ↑Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Lamarckian (for: ↑Lamarck)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑naturalist, ↑natural scientist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.