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Atavismus

noun

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. atavism
  2. The reappearance of a trait that had disappeared generations ago in a living thing.
Examples

Der Biologe untersucht diesen Atavismus.

The biologist is studying this atavism.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.