Atavistic

"Atavistic" in cmn

原始的

yuánshǐ de

(of a throwback)

返祖現象的 /返祖现象的

fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng de

(of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior)

隔代遺傳的 /隔代遗传的

gédài yíchuán de

(biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations)

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