retrogressive

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YISTLEY—"No, the Retrogressive, His platform is five-cent trolleys, ten-cent bread, three-dollar shoes and 1913 rents."

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

Retrogressive variation means that from the total development experienced by the parent, something has been omitted.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.