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noun
1.
Biology.
a.
the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations.
b.
an individual embodying such a reversion.
2.
reversion to an earlier type; throwback.
Origin:
1825–35; < Latin atav(us) remote ancestor (at-, akin to atta familiar name for a grandfather + avus grandfather, forefather) + -ism
1825–35; < Latin atav(us) remote ancestor (at-, akin to atta familiar name for a grandfather + avus grandfather, forefather) + -ism
Related forms
at·a·vist, noun
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