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vestigial structures

vestigial structures is the plural of vestigial structure.

Meaning of vestigial structure

Noun

vestigial structure (plural vestigial structures)

  1. (evolutionary theory) A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution, such as human appendixes.

Questions about vestigial structures

What is vestigial structures the plural of?
Vestigial structures is the plural of vestigial structure.

Words near vestigial structures in the dictionary

  1. vestige
  2. vestiges
  3. vestigia
  4. vestigial
  5. vestigial structure
  6. vestigial structures
  7. vestigiality
  8. vestigialization
  9. vestigializations
  10. vestigialize
  11. vestigialized

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