vestige

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A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.

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A rudimentary or degenerate, usually nonfunctioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.

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A footprint; a footstep; a track; a trace; hence, a mark, impression, or appearance of something which is no longer present or in existence; a sensible evidence or visible sign of something absent, lost, or perished; remains of something passed away.

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In biology, any vestigial organ or tissue, having little or no utility, but corresponding to a useful part existing in some lower animal. See vestigial and rudiment, 3.

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The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.

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

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The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign;

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A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.

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a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor

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an indication that something has been present