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Definition of vestigial adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

vestigial

adjective

NAmE//vɛˈstɪdʒəl//

, NAmE//vɛˈstɪdʒiəl//

[usually before noun] (formal or technology)

remaining as the last small part of something that used to exist vestigial traces of an earlier culture It is possible to see the vestigial remains of rear legs on some whales.

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Nearby words

vestibule noun
vestige noun
vestigial adjective
vest in phrasal verb
vestment noun