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throwback

throw´back
n.1.the reappearance in an organism of characteristics of an earlier ancestral type; atavism.
2.an organisms having characteristics of an earlier ancestral type.
Noun1.throwback - an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
Synonyms: atavist
2.throwback - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Synonyms: atavism, reversion
Adj.1.throwback - characteristic of an atavist
Synonyms: atavistic
atavism, backset, backsliding, backward deviation, backward motion, backward step, check, comedown, descent, down, falling back, lapse, reaction, recession, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recurrence, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, relapse, renewal, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return, reversal, reverse, reverse of fortune, reversion, rollback, setback, severe check, sternway
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throw in the towel
Throw lathe
throw off
throw out
throw out of kilter
throw overboard
throw pillow
throw rug
throw stick
throw together
throw up
Throw-crook
throw-in
Throw-off
throw-weight
throwaway
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Throwe
Thrower
Throwing
throwing away
throwing board
Throwing engine
Throwing stick
Thrown
thrown and twisted
Thrown silk
Thrown singles
thrown-away
Throwster
Thru
Thrum
Thrum cap
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