vestigial structure
vestigial structure · vestigial structures
A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the…A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution, such as human appendixes.
» The coccyx is the vestigial structure of a tail.
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1 sensesA structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution, such as human appendixes.
Examples
1 sentencesThe coccyx is the vestigial structure of a tail.
Forms
plural: vestigial structures| Singular | vestigial structure |
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| Plural | vestigial structures |
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