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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914);
[syn: Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold Weismann]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

August Friedrich Leopold Weismann
    n 1: German biologist who was one of the founders of modern
         genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the
         possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics
         (1834-1914) [syn: Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold
         Weismann]