Bible Encyclopedias
At`avism

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Name given to the reappearance in progeny of the features, and even diseases, of ancestors dead generations before.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'At`avism'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/atavism.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.