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Vestigial   /vəstˈɪdʒiəl/   Listen
Vestigial

adjective
1.
Not fully developed in mature animals.  Synonym: rudimentary.





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"Vestigial" Quotes from Famous Books



... inasmuch as the vast majority of entries upon it would come under the head of pathological curiosities, or conditions which were chiefly interesting on account of their rareness and unusual character. With the exception of the appendix, the gall-bladder, and hernia, these vestigial conditions may be practically disregarded as factors ...
— Preventable Diseases • Woods Hutchinson


Words linked to "Vestigial" :   biological science, undeveloped, biology


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