MEANING
1. Remaining as a reduced trace of something that was fuller, more active, or developed in the past.
2. A faint leftover sign or feature from something that has mostly disappeared.
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A vestigial wing twitched beneath the creature’s skin, where flight had once begun.
A vestigial emblem was all that remained on the courthouse door.
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