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返祖现象
fǎn​zǔ​xiàn​xiàng

atavism

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
返祖现象 返祖現象 fǎn​zǔ​xiàn​xiàng
atavism
the reappearance of ancestral traits or biological structures that were lost through evolution; also called a throwback

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.150 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.059 per million

Cross-References

Abbreviation of

  • 返祖 fǎn​zǔ

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)