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Definition of vestigial adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vestigial

adjective
 
/veˈstɪdʒiəl/
 
/veˈstɪdʒiəl/
[usually before noun] (formal or specialist)
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  1. that remain as the last small part of something that used to exist
    • vestigial traces of an earlier culture
    • It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on some snakes.
See vestigial in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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