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ATAVISM (from Lat. atavus, a great-great-great-grandfather or ancestor)

ATAVISM (from See also:
LAT
Lat. atavus, a See also:
GREAT
great-great-great-grandfather or ancestor) , the See also:

TERM

term given in See also:

BIOLOGY (Gr. Qios, life)

biology to the See also:

REPRODUCTION

reproduction in a living See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or See also:

animal of the characteristics of an ancestor more remote than its parents '(see See also:

HEREDITY

HEREDITY).' . _ Loosely used, it See also:

con-notes a reversion to an earlier type .

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