Atavistical
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 atavistic
"Atavistical reversions: In biology the restoration of structural characters which have long been lost or obscured; near return to an original type occurring through partly modified descendants; resemblance to remote ancestors or progenitors; partial return, through hereditary influences, of remote ancestral forms."
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More examples"Atavistical reversions: In biology the restoration of structural characters which have long been lost or obscured; near return to an original type occurring through partly modified descendants; resemblance to remote ancestors or progenitors; partial return, through hereditary influences, of remote ancestral forms."
Etymology
From atavistic + -al.