vestige (noun)

  • 81leftover — 1. noun 1) a leftover from the 60s Syn: residue, survivor, vestige, legacy, throwback 2) (leftovers) put the leftovers in the fridge Syn: uneaten food, leavings, remainder …

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  • 82spark — 1. noun 1) a spark of light Syn: flash, glint, twinkle, flicker, flare, pinprick 2) not a spark of truth in the story Syn: particle, iota, jot, whit, glimmer, atom …

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  • 83trace — 1. verb 1) police hope to trace the owner Syn: track down, find, discover, detect, unearth, turn up, hunt down, ferret out, run to ground 2) she traced a pattern in the sand Syn: draw …

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  • 84remnant — /ˈrɛmnənt / (say remnuhnt) noun 1. a part, quantity, or number (usually small) remaining. 2. a fragment or scrap, especially an odd piece of cloth, lace, etc., unsold or unused. 3. a trace; vestige: remnants of former greatness. –adjective 4.… …

  • 85rudiment — /ˈrudəmənt/ (say roohduhmuhnt) noun 1. (usually plural) the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. 2. (usually plural) a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something. 3.… …

  • 86sign — /saɪn / (say suyn) noun 1. a token; indication. 2. a conventional mark, figure, or symbol used technically instead of the word or words which it represents, as an abbreviation. 3. Music a signature. 4. Mathematics the plus or minus sign. 5. a… …

  • 87stamp — /stæmp / (say stamp) verb (t) 1. to strike or beat with a forcible downward thrust of the foot. 2. to bring (the foot) down forcibly or smartly on the ground, floor, etc. 3. to crush or pound with or as with a pestle. 4. to impress with a… …

  • 88vestigial — /vɛsˈtɪdʒəl/ (say ves tijuhl) adjective 1. relating to or of the nature of a vestige. 2. (of an organ or structure) reduced in size, complexity or function, as part of an evolutionary process, as the appendix in humans, the wings of a penguin, or …

  • 89vestigium — /vɛsˈtɪdʒiəm/ (say ves tijeeuhm) noun (plural vestigia /vɛsˈtɪdʒiə/ (say ves tijeeuh)) a vestige; a vestigial structure of any kind. {Latin} …

  • 90pilifer — ˈpiləfə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from pil (I) + fer : a lateral hairy process of the labrum in Lepidoptera formerly regarded as the vestige of the mandible …

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