Lamarckism

(lə märkiz′əm)

noun

a theory of organic evolution advanced by Lamarck that claimed acquired characters can be inherited

See Lamarckism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A theory of biological evolution holding that species evolve by the inheritance of traits acquired or modified through the use or disuse of body parts.

Origin:

Origin: After Chevalier de Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Lamarck

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