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• enPR: vĕ-stĭjʹĭ-əl, vĕ-stĭjʹəl, IPA: /vɛˈstɪd͡ʒɪəl/, /vɛˈstɪd͡ʒəl/

形容詞

vestigial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
2. Not fully developed in mature animals.
3. (evolutionary theory) Of a vestigial structure; that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution.
   • 2004, Pooja, “Flower” (chapter 1), in Pshysiology of the Angiosperms, New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, →ISBN, Vestigial Vascular Tissue, page 48:

     Remnants of the vascular supply of lost organs may be present in the tissues of the receptacle when all external evidence of the organs has disappeared. Only rarely does the vascular supply of a vestigial organ disappear while external remnants are still present.

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関連する語

• vestige

名詞

vestigial (plural vestigials)

1. (evolutionary theory) A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.

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アナグラム

• vigilates