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Vestigial   Listen
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Vestigial  adj.  Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.





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"Vestigial" Quotes from Famous Books



... yes, the jolly brewer. His own best advertisement. How's Pelton reacting to his triumph? And what's his attitude toward his children? I've been worrying about that; vestigial traces of a ...
— Null-ABC • Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
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... parasitic life of the maggot (see p. 74) extending over eight or nine months in the body of the horse or ox, prepares for a winged existence of probably but a few days. Again in many moths the jaws are reduced or vestigial so that no food can be taken in the winged state, as for example in the 'Eggars' (Lasiocampidae) and the 'Tussocks' (Lymantriidae). It is noteworthy that in these short-lived insects the male is often provided with elaborate sense-organs which, we may believe, assist him ...
— The Life-Story of Insects • Geo. H. Carpenter
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... swear again," said the lady, interrupting. Hillbrook, by the way, is not the only place in Christendom where a vestigial polytheism forbids the taking in vain ...
— Can Such Things Be? • Ambrose Bierce
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Words linked to "Vestigial" :   rudimentary, biological science, biology


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