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vestigial adjective [ vɛˈstɪdʒɪəl ]

• forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable.
• "he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night"
Similar: remaining, surviving, residual, leftover, lingering, persisting, abiding, lasting, enduring,
• (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of evolution.
• "the vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden"
Similar: rudimentary, undeveloped, incomplete, embryonic, immature, non-functional, abortive, primitive, obsolete,
Opposite: well developed,


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