ATAVISM


Meaning of ATAVISM in English

noun see: uncle Date: 1833 1. recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination, recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity , one that manifests ~ ; throwback , atavistic adjective atavistically adverb

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