vestigial organ
1vestigial organ — vestigial organ. См. рудимент. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
2vestigial organ — an undeveloped organ that, in the embryo or in some more or less remote ancestor, was well developed and functional …
3Vestigial — Adjective describing something that is a vestige (remnant) or a primitive structure, and no longer believed to be important. For example, the appendix is considered a vestigial organ, and some infants are born with a vestigial tail. * * *… …
4vestigial — vestigiál adj. m., pl. vestigiáli; f. sg. vestigiálă, pl. vestigiále Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic VESTIGIÁL, Ă adj. (anat.; despre un organ) rămas rudimentar în organism, care …
5vestigial — ► ADJECTIVE 1) forming a very small remnant of something. 2) Biology (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having lost its function in the course of evolution. DERIVATIVES vestigially adverb …
6vestigial — adj. 1 being a vestige or trace. 2 Biol. (of an organ) atrophied or functionless from the process of evolution (a vestigial wing). Derivatives: vestigially adv …
7vestigial — adj. [L. vestigium, footprint] Pertaining to a small, degenerate, nonfunctional organ that was ancestrally more fully developed or functional …
8organ — Any part of the body exercising a specific function, as of respiration, secretion, or digestion. SYN: organum [TA], organon. [L. organum, fr. G. organon, a tool, instrument] accessory organs 1. SYN …
9vestigial — [vɛ stɪdʒɪəl, dʒ(ə)l] adjective 1》 forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable. 2》 Biology (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of …
10vestigial — /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 …