vestigial English

Meaning vestigial meaning

What does vestigial mean?

Definitions in simple English

— If something is vestigial, it is left over or almost gone. A horse has a vestigial toe on the side of its leg.

— adjective (= rudimentary) not fully developed in mature animals rudimentary wings

What other words have the same or similar meaning as vestigial?

rudimentary substandard remaining organ obsolete extinct atrophied atrophic