vestigial
Meaning of vestigial
adjective
- forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable.
he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night
- (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of evolution.
the vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden
Information about vestigial
- It is an adjective.
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CatalanHyphenation of vestigial
ves-ti-gial
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- vestigial is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
vestigial synonyms
Meaning rudimentary:
Meaning still existing, present, or in use; surviving:
Meaning remaining alive, especially after the death of another or others:
Meaning remaining after the greater part or quantity has gone:
Meaning remaining; surplus:
Meaning lasting for a long time or slow to end:
Meaning continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition:
Meaning (of a feeling or memory) lasting a long time; enduring:
Meaning enduring or able to endure over a long period of time:
Meaning lasting over a period of time; durable:
Meaning not having been developed:
Meaning not having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
Meaning relating to an embryo:
Meaning not fully developed:
Meaning failing to produce the intended result:
Meaning relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something:
Meaning no longer produced or used; out of date:
Words that rhyme with vestigial
adagial, patagial, pelagial, propatagial, suffragial, collegial, stauropegial, subcollegial, effigial, fastigial, remigial, carposporangial, endolymphangial, gametangial, gonangial, lymphangial, perilymphangial, pylangial, sporangial, synangial, trichosporangial, trophospongial, zoosporangial, conjugial, Stygial, apterygial, archipterygial, basipterygial, hypopygial, mesopterygial, metapterygial, propterygial, pterygial, ptychopterygial, syzygial, uropygial
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