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at·a·vism
/ˈætəˌvɪzəm/
隔代遺傳,祖型再現
From:
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at·a·vism
/ˈætəˌvɪzəm/
名詞
隔代遺傳,返祖(現象)
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
At·a·vism
n.
1.
(a)
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
.
(b)
Biol.
The
recurrence
of
any
peculiarity
or
disease
of
an
ancestor
in
a
subsequent
generation
,
after
an
intermission
for
a
generation
or
two
.
Now
and
then
there
occur
cases
of
what
physiologists
call
atavism
,
or
reversion
to
an
ancestral
type
of
character
.
--
J
.
Fiske
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
atavism
n
:
a
reappearance
of
an
earlier
characteristic
[
syn
:
reversion
,
throwback
]
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