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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -atavism-, *atavism*
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English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
atavism(แอท'ทะวิสซึม) n. การปรากฎลักษณะของบรรพบุรุษที่ขาดหายไปบางชั่วคน, สัตว์หรือพืชที่มีลักษณะดังกล่าว, การกลับคืนมาของลักษณะดังกล่าว. -atavist n. (reversion to an earlier type)

WordNet (3.0)
atavism(n) a reappearance of an earlier characteristic, Syn. reversion, throwback

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Atavismn. [ L. atavus an ancestor, fr. avus a grandfather. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now and then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character. J. Fiske [ 1913 Webster ]

2. recurrence of or reversion to a past style, outlook, approach, or manner. [ PJC ]

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
atavism

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
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German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Atavismus { m } [ biol. ]; Entwicklungsrückschlag { m }; Rückschlag { m }atavism [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
隔世遺伝[かくせいいでん, kakuseiiden] (n, adj-no) atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type [Add to Longdo]

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