atavistical

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. atavistic
    — Atavistical reversions: In biology the restoration of structural characters which have long been lost or obscured; near return to an original type occurring through partly modified descendants; resemblance to remote ancestors or progenitors; partial return, through hereditary influences, of remote ancestral forms.

词形变化

more atavistical comparative most atavistical superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English atavistic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English atavistical
From atavistic + -al.
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