atavism

1. 1.

   The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.

   生物体在隔了几代后重新出现祖先特征；返祖现象

2. 2.

   The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.

   长期消失后对过去行为、方法、特征或风格的再现或回归

3. 3.

   A reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.

   回归原始行为,尤其是暴力行为

长期消失后对过去行为、方法、特征或风格的再现或回归；回归原始行为,尤其是暴力行为；隔代遗传；返祖现象；[医] 返祖[现象]

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