vestige
Kelime Anlamı :
1. artakalan.
2. eser.
3. vestij.
4. kalıntı.
5. zerre.
6. dumura uğrayan organın kalıntısı.
7. işaret.
8. zamanla küçülmüş ve görevini yitirmiş olan.
9. Zamanla küçülmüş ve faydasını kaybetmiş olan organ (apandis v.s. gibi), vestigium.
10. iz.
Tanımlar :
1.
A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more.
2. biology A rudimentary or degenerate, usually nonfunctioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.
2. biology A rudimentary or degenerate, usually nonfunctioning, structure that is the remnant of an organ or part that was fully developed or functioning in a preceding generation or an earlier stage of development.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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.
3. a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor
2. A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
3. a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
the mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
2. A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
2. A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A footprint; a footstep; a track; a trace; hence, a mark, impression, or appearance of something which is no longer present or in existence; a sensible evidence or visible sign of something absent, lost, or perished; remains of something passed away.
2. in biology, any vestigial organ or tissue, having little or no utility, but corresponding to a useful part existing in some lower animal. see vestigial and rudiment, 3.
2. in biology, any vestigial organ or tissue, having little or no utility, but corresponding to a useful part existing in some lower animal. see vestigial and rudiment, 3.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia