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Atavic

Atavic \A*tav"ic\, a. [Cf. F. atavique.] Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
atavic

"pertaining to a remote ancestor," 1866, from Latin atavus "ancestor" (see atavism) + -ic.

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atavic

a. ancestral, atavistic