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atavic

atavic adjective: ancestral, atavistic.

Adjective

atavic (comparative more atavic, superlative most atavic)

  1. ancestral, atavistic

Forms of atavic

comparativemore atavic
superlativemost atavic

Questions about atavic

What does atavic mean?
Atavic means ancestral, atavistic.
What part of speech is atavic?
Atavic is an adjective.

Words near atavic in the dictionary

  1. Ataulfos
  2. ataunt
  3. ataunto
  4. ataurique
  5. atavaquone
  6. atavic
  7. atavism
  8. atavisms
  9. atavist
  10. atavistic
  11. atavistical

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