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Weismannians

Weismannians is the plural of Weismannian.

Meaning of Weismannian

Noun

Weismannian (plural Weismannians)

  1. An adherent of the views of August Weismann (1834–1914), German evolutionary biologist.
    • Secondly, it must be frankly admitted that in many instances in which acquired characters have been said to be inherited or might be expected to be inherited, the Weismannians have shown that nevertheless there is no such inheritance.1896–1898, James Ward, “Lecture X: Biological Evolution”, in Naturalism and Agnosticism […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., published 1899, →OCLC...

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Questions about Weismannians

What is Weismannians the plural of?
Weismannians is the plural of Weismannian.

Words near Weismannians in the dictionary

  1. Weismann barrier
  2. Weismann barriers
  3. Weismann-Netter syndrome
  4. Weismann-Netter-Stuhl syndrome
  5. Weismannian
  6. Weismannians
  7. Weismannism
  8. Weismannist
  9. Weismannists
  10. Weismans
  11. Weismantels

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