Meaning

1 senses

  1. A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The coccyx is a vestigial trait.

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  2. All non-winged insects have at least vestigial wings.

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  3. The coccyx is the vestigial structure of a tail.

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  4. The coccyx is a vestigial feature that shows the common ancestry of mankind and apes.

    ruКопчиковая кость - это рудимент, демонстрирующий общее происхождение человека и человекообразных обезьян. — drnm2

    deDas Steißbein ist ein Rudiment, das die gemeinsame Abstammung von Menschen und Affen zeigt. — jakov

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Origin

From Latin vestīgium + -al. By surface analysis, vestige + -ial.

From Latin vestīgium + -al. By surface analysis, vestige + -ial.

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Forms

plural: vestigials
Singularvestigial
Pluralvestigials

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
vestvestibulevestigevetB1veteranB2

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