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ATAVISM

The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to around ancestors; reversion to the original form. The recurrence of any peculiarity or malady of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two. "Now and then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character." (J. Fiske) Origin: L. Atavus an ancestor, fr. Avus a grandfather. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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