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Definition of: vestige
(ves′tij) noun
1. A visible trace, impression, or a sensible evidence or sign, of something absent, lost, or gone; trace; originally, a footprint; track.
2. Biol. A part or organ, small or degenerate, but well developed and functional in ancestral forms of organisms. See synonyms under MARK1, TRACE1. [<F <L vestigium a footprint]
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