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Atavist

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Noun

1. atavist, throwback

an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

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Atavist

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noun
1. 
the recurrence in a plant or animal of certain primitive characteristics that were present in an ancestor but have not occurred in intermediate generations
2. 
reversion to a former or more primitive type

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Atavist

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noun
1. 
appearance in an individual of some characteristic found in a remote ancestor but not in nearer ancestors
2. 
a. 
such a characteristic
b. 
an individual with such a characteristic
: also ˈatavist

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Atavist

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n.
1. The reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence.
2. An individual or a part that exhibits atavism. Also called throwback.
3. The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence.

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