vestige

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The external ear is a vestige -- of no use any more.

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  1. noun A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.
  2. noun 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.

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  • The sum of the number of one's friends is a feature displayed on users 'profiles as a vestige of the friend connections a user has accrued. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Yudhoyono has pushed reform in a bid to attract much-needed foreign investment, whereas Golkar, which is the president's main coalition partner, is seen as a vestige of the Suharto era. —  TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News
  • We believe that the prison-industrial, criminal injustice complex of today still operates in many respects as a vestige of slavery. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • They found the spot, but not a vestige was to be seen of what had so long been their home, save a few broken spars, here and there far down in the clefts of inaccessible rocks. —  Philosopher Jack
  • In man and in monkeys it has become a useless vestige, and the dwindling must be associated with the fact that the upper eyelid is much more mobile in man and monkeys than in the other mammals. —  The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
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semblance ·  devoid ·  remnant ·  trace ·  shred ·  flicker ·  modicum ·  beginning ·  relic ·  glimpse ·  twinge ·  spark

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vestige:   vestiges
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  1. French, from Old French, from Latin vestīgium.

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  1. from French vestige = Spanish Portuguese Italian vestigio, from Latin vestigium, footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark.
 

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/ˈvɛstɪdʒ/
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