Vestiges

noun

Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.nounThe mark of the foot left on the earth.

2.noun(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.

"the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra"

3.nounA vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.

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