VESTIGE

vestige

Noun

  1. The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign;
  2. A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
    the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra
    vestiges of former population
  3. a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor


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