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atavism
atavism is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two.
- 3noun
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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