vestigial

From vestige +‎ -ial.

• enPR: vĕ-stĭjʹĭ-əl, vĕ-stĭjʹəl, IPA^(key): /vɛˈstɪd͡ʒɪəl/, /vɛˈstɪd͡ʒəl/

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vestigial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
2. Not fully developed in mature animals.
3. (evolutionary theory) Of a vestigial structure; that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution.
   • 2004, Pooja, “Flower” (chapter 1), in Pshysiology of the Angiosperms, New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, →ISBN, Vestigial Vascular Tissue, page 48:

     Remnants of the vascular supply of lost organs may be present in the tissues of the receptacle when all external evidence of the organs has disappeared. Only rarely does the vascular supply of a vestigial organ disappear while external remnants are still present.

• vestigial structure

• vestige

vestigial (plural vestigials)

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

• vigilates

vestigial (feminine vestigiale, masculine plural vestigiaux, feminine plural vestigiales)

1. vestigial

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ves‧ti‧gi‧al

vestigial m or f (plural vestigiais)

1. vestigial

• IPA^(key): /bestiˈxjal/ [bes.t̪iˈxjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ves‧ti‧gial

vestigial m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestigiales)

1. vestigial

• “vestigial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024