单词	vestigial
释义	vestigialves‧ti‧gi‧al /veˈstɪdʒiəl, -dʒəl/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES vestigial remnants of Western influence in the city Some snakes have vestigial legs. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a result there was only a vestigial junior management system. In most insects the 1st abdominal segment, and more especially its sternum, is reduced or vestigial. It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on these large snakes. Mandibles are wanting in many adult Trichoptera and most Diptera, and are absent or vestigial in almost all Lepidoptera. Other cells especially sensitive to light became vestigial eyes, and those susceptible to vibrations became hearing organs, and so on. The ears were vestigial, and lay flat to the head. They were no longer men, just the vestigial remains of what had once been human beings. 1technical a vestigial part of the body has never developed completely or has almost disappeared:  The legs of snakes are vestigial or absent altogether.2formal remaining as a sign that something existed after most of it has gone:  his vestigial sense of pride
随便看	suavity, suaveness sub sub- subaltern sub-aqua subatomic subcommittee subcompact subconscious subconsciously subcontinent subcontract subcontractor subculture subcutaneous subcutaneously subdirectory subdivide subdivision subdue subdued subedit sub-editor subgroup subheading

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