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Meaning Of Atavism
n.
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the
original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance
to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original
form.
n.
The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an
ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a
generation or two.