atavist (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *atavist*:
NOUN	person	atavist, throwback	an organism that has the characteristics / characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

English > *atavist*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	An organism that has the characteristics / characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
Synonym	throwback
Broader	organism, being	A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
Spanish	organismo atávico
Catalan	organisme atàvic
Adjectives	atavistic	characteristic of an atavist
Nouns	atavism	a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

HyperDic: atavist