vestigial
adjective/veˈstɪdʒiəl/
/veˈstɪdʒiəl/
[usually before noun] (formal or specialist)- 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.
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