throwback (n.)

  1. an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

    [ Syn: atavist ]

  2. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

    [ Syn: atavism , reversion ]

    throwback (adj.)

  1. characteristic of an atavist

    [ Syn: atavistic ]

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