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vestige
  1. The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep
  2. A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
  3. (biology) A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “But it is, indeed, the last vestige of a once vibrant freelance magazine.”
      “Like all myths, there is a vestige of truth in the caricature.”
      “Even today, when we approach the remaining vestige of our ancient Temple, we rend our garments like those in mourning.”
vestigial
  1. (biology) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
vestigiality
  1. (evolutionary theory) The quality of being vestigial.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, in light of changes that have occurred in Ukraine over the last decade, it would seem that Ramet's claims of vestigiality are specious at best.”
vestigials
  1. plural of vestigial
vestiges
  1. plural of vestige
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Isn't it just the continued impact of the liberal revolution of the 1960s which liberated us from the vestiges of Victorian prudery?”
      “Certainly whites must keep extirpating vestiges of racism, even within their own souls.”
      “The mountain, still showing the last vestiges of human inhabitance just the night before, exploded in a shower of dust.”
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