Found 2 items, similar to throwback.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: throwback throwback adj : characteristic of an atavist [syn: atavistic, throwback(a)] n 1: an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism [syn: atavist] 2: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion]
English → English (gcide) Definition: throwback throwback \throw"back\, n. 1. the reappearance in an organism of characteristics of an earlier ancestral type; atavism. [PJC] 2. an organisms having characteristics of an earlier ancestral type. [PJC] [1913 Webster]