Definition of atavist Atavist

at•a•vist

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What does atavist mean?

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Noun

Plural: atavists

atavist - an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
  throwback
  being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
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  • atavist (Noun)
    A genetic characteristic emerging after absence from several generations.

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