Associations to the word «Vestigial»
Noun
- Female
- Pad
- Tooth
- Small
- Filter
- Seed
- Stripe
- Remains
- Pair
- Segment
- Gill
- Skin
- Nucleus
- Carrier
- Larva
- Skull
- Species
- Function
- Lung
- Skeleton
- Cm
- Trace
- Creature
- Predator
- Hypothesis
- Transmission
- Am
- Mythology
- Upper
- Adaptation
- Specimen
- Fly
- Short
- Belly
- Finger
- Insect
- Characteristic
- Goddess
- Longer
- Eye
- Twin
- Body
- Jay
- Animal
- Tissue
- Form
- Neck
- Hair
- Bird
- Presence
- Pre
- Layer
- Male
Adjective
Wiktionary
VESTIGIAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
VESTIGIAL, adjective. Not fully developed in mature animals.
VESTIGIAL, noun. (biology) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE, noun. (biology) A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution, such as human appendixes.
Dictionary definition
VESTIGIAL, adjective. Not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings".
Wise words
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