Difference between revisions of "vestigial"
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|etymology=Latin <i>vestigium</i>, footprint | |etymology=Latin <i>vestigium</i>, footprint | ||
| − | |definition=Pertaining to a small, degenerate, nonfunctional organ that was ancestrally more fully developed or functional. | + | |definition=Pertaining to a small, [[degenerate]], nonfunctional organ that was ancestrally more fully developed or [[functional]]. |
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