adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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vestigial remnants of Western influence in the city
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Some snakes have vestigial legs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result there was only a vestigial junior management system.
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In most insects the 1st abdominal segment, and more especially its sternum, is reduced or vestigial .
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It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on these large snakes.
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Mandibles are wanting in many adult Trichoptera and most Diptera, and are absent or vestigial in almost all Lepidoptera.
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Other cells especially sensitive to light became vestigial eyes, and those susceptible to vibrations became hearing organs, and so on.
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The ears were vestigial , and lay flat to the head.
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They were no longer men, just the vestigial remains of what had once been human beings.