atavism /atˈə-vi-zm/

1. The reappearance of ancestral, but not parental, characteristics
2. Reversion to an ancestral, or to a primitive, type

atavistˈic adjective

atavistˈically adverb

• hygro-
• hygrochasies
• hygrochastic
• hygrochasy
• hygrodeik
• hygrodeiks
• hygrograph
• hygrographic
• hygrographical
• hygrographs
• hygrologies
• hygrology
• hygrometer
• hygrometers
• hygrometric
• hygrometrical
• hygrometries
• hygrometry
• hygrophil
• hygrophilous
• hygrophobe
• hygrophyte
• hygrophytes
• hygrophytic
• hygroscope