Friday, March 30, 2012

Today's word

A word I've seen before without knowing its meaning:

atavism - 1a. - recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination  b. - recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity  2. one that manifests atavism : throwback

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