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AUGUST FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD WEISMANN
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• AUGUST FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD WEISMANN (noun)
The noun AUGUST FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD WEISMANN has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: AUGUST FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD WEISMANN used as a noun is very rare.
• AUGUST FRIEDRICH LEOPOLD WEISMANN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann; Weismann
Instance hypernyms:
geneticist (a biologist who specializes in genetics)
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