LAMARCKIAN

Meaning of LAMARCKIAN in English

/leuh mahr"kee euhn/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to Jean de Lamarck or his theory of organic evolution.

2. a person who holds this theory.

[ 1840-50; LAMARCK + -IAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LAMARCKIAN — adjective see: Lamarckism
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAMARCKIAN — ləˈmärkēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: J. B. de Monet Lamarck died 1829 French botanist and biologist + English -ian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMARCKIAN — (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.
Английский словарь Webster
LAMARCKIAN — ( a. ) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMARCKIAN — adj. of or pertaining to the theories developed by the French naturalist Jean de Lamarck
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LAMARCKIAN — see Lamarckism
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAMARCKIAN — adj pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of lamarckianism.
Webster English vocab
LAMARCKIAN — Lamarckian BrE AmE lə ˈmɑːk i‿ən læ-, lɑː- AmE \ -ˈmɑːrk- ▷ Lamarckian|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAMARCKIAN — See Lamarckian hypothesis of evolution
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
NEO-LAMARCKIAN — I. |nē(ˌ)ō+ adjective Usage: often capitalized N & usually capitalized L Etymology: ne- + lamarckian : of or relating to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMARCKISM — noun Etymology: J.-B. de Monet de Lamarck Date: 1884 a theory of organic evolution asserting that environmental changes cause structural …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEO-LAMARCKISM — — neo-Lamarckian , adj. , n. — neo-Lamarckist , n. /nee'oh leuh mahr"kiz euhm/ , n. Biol. Lamarckism as expounded …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMARCKISM — /leuh mahr"kiz euhm/ , n. the Lamarckian theory that characteristics acquired by habit, use, or disuse may be passed on …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMARCKISM — [ la'mα:kɪz(ə)m ] ■ noun the theory of evolution based on the supposed inheritance of acquired characteristics, devised by the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DARWINISM — theory of the evolutionary mechanism propounded by Charles Darwin as an explanation of organic change. It denotes Darwin's specific view …
Britannica English vocabulary
COPE, EDWARD DRINKER — born , July 28, 1840, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died April 12, 1897, Philadelphia paleontologist who discovered approximately a thousand species …
Britannica English vocabulary
LAMARCKISM — n. the theory of evolution devised by Lamarck, French botanist and zoologist (d. 1829), based on the inheritance of acquired …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAMARCKISM — n. the theory of evolution devised by Lamarck, French botanist and zoologist (d. 1829), based on the inheritance of acquired …
Oxford English vocab
EXPONENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ Fossils and Ancestors MacBride was an active Lamarckian and one of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIOLOGICAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a religious/military/biological etc metaphor ▪ He uses a military metaphor to describe these women as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVOLUTION — * See Lamarckian hypothesis of evolution
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab

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