الخميس، 9 يناير 2014

what is the meaning of the English word vestige?

a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
"the last vestiges of colonialism"

synonyms: remnant, fragment, relic, echo, indication, sign, trace, residue, mark, legacy, reminder; More
the smallest amount (used to emphasize the absence of something).

"he waited patiently, but without a vestige of sympathy"

synonyms: bit, touch, hint, suggestion, suspicion, shadow, scrap, tinge, speck, shred, jot, iota, whit, scintilla, glimmer


BIOLOGY
a part or organ of an organism that has become reduced or functionless in the course of evolution.

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