atávico

See also: atavico

Portuguese

Adjective

atávico m (feminine singular atávica, masculine plural atávicos, feminine plural atávicas, comparable)

  1. (biology) atavistic (of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations)
  2. atavistic (of a throwback)
  3. atavistic (of the return of earlier, more primitive behaviour)

Synonyms
  • (biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations): atavístico
  • (of a throwback): atavístico
  • (of the return of earlier, more primitive behaviour): atavístico

Spanish

Adjective

atávico (feminine singular atávica, masculine plural atávicos, feminine plural atávicas)

  1. atavistic
  2. ancestral
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