(adj) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type, Syn. primitive, Example:archaic forms of life; primitive mammals; the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
[こく, koku] (n) (1) archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (刻 only) carving; engraving; cutting; mincing; (3) (剋 only) victory; (4) strictness; cruelty; (P)#8175
[かどで;しゅと(首途), kadode ; shuto ( kubi to )] (n, vs) (1) (also has an archaic reading of かどいで) leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; (2) starting a new life; starting life anew