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单词 atavic
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atavicadj.

/əˈtavɪk/
Etymology: < French atavique, < Latin atavus ; see atavism n. and -ic suffix.
Of or pertaining to a remote ancestor.
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atavistic1875
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 159 The brachycephaly of the Norman-French colonists of Quebec, can only come from their atavic ancestors, the Belgæ.
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