Vestige

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.
  • n. Biology A rudimentary or degenerate, usually nonfunctioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign;
  • n. A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
  • n. a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
  • n. A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A footprint; a footstep; a track; a trace; hence, a mark, impression, or appearance of something which is no longer present or in existence; a sensible evidence or visible sign of something absent, lost, or perished; remains of something passed away.
  • n. In biology, any vestigial organ or tissue, having little or no utility, but corresponding to a useful part existing in some lower animal. See vestigial and rudiment, 3.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an indication that something has been present
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    indicant    indication   
    Cross Reference
    footprint    trace    in vestige    hint   
    Hyponym
    footprint   
    Form
    vestigial   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sign    token    trace    mark    remains    evidence   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    semblance    devoid    remnant    trace    shred    flicker    modicum    beginning    relic    glimpse