atavism (atavizm)

[= F. atavisme, Of the 11.6% of children born with eyes of other than the parental color, a part must be attributed to atarism , that is, to intermittent heredity. Science , IV. 367. 2. In pathol . , the recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in remote generations. atavistic (at-a-vis'tik), a . [As atav -ism + -istic.] Pertaining to or characterized by atavism; atavic. Don John gave orders for trumpet and atabal to sound the signal for action. atacamite (a-tak'a-mīt), n. [ Atacama + -ite2 ; having been first found in Atacama, a province of Chili.] A mineral consisting of the hydrated oxy chlorid of copper. It exists abundantly in some parts of South America, as Atacama, in Australia, near Ambriz on the west coast of Africa, and in Arizona in the atavistic manner; in atavistic examples. western United States. It occurs ma ive, or in small prismatic crystals of a bright emerald green or blackish green color. A granular form Chili is called arsenillo. It also appears on copper long exposed to the air or sea-water.