Difference between revisions of "atavism"

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|etymology=Latin <i>atavus</i>, ancestor
 
|etymology=Latin <i>atavus</i>, ancestor
|definition=Recurrence of an ancestral character, after an interval of generations.
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|definition=Recurrence of an [[ancestral]] [[character]], after an [[interval]] of generations.
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Revision as of 23:39, 13 September 2013

atavism (noun; Latin atavus, ancestor): Recurrence of an ancestral character, after an interval of generations.