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Categories: Evolutionary biology concepts

rudiment vestigiality vestige Vestigal structures Atrophication

The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life WordNet 3.0

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The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. Wikipedia

Genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of their ancestral function Wikipedia Disambiguation

Retention during the process of evolution of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of their ancestral function Wikidata

The mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, has perished, or is no longer present. OmegaWiki

A body part that no longer has a function. Wiktionary

Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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