atavism /atˈə-vi-zm/

1. The reappearance of ancestral, but not parental, characteristics
2. Reversion to an ancestral, or to a primitive, type

atavistˈic adjective

atavistˈically adverb

• wild-born
• wild card
• wild cards
• wildcat
• wildcats
• wildcatted
• wildcatter
• wildcatters
• wildcatting
• wild cherries
• wild cherry
• wild child
• wild children
• wild dog
• wild dogs
• wild duck
• wildebeest
• wildebeests
• wilder
• wildered
• wildering
• wilderment
• wilderments
• wilderness
• wildernesses