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]