vestigial in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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This snake possesses a vestigial pelvic girdle that is visible as a pair of cloacal spurs.
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This fact suggests that the nerve is either vestigial or may be related to the sensing of pheromones.
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Unlike conjoined twins, one ceases development during gestation and is vestigial to a mostly fully formed, otherwise healthy individual twin.
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Petals 3-4(-8), truncated-spatulate or vestigial, scarious, frequently absent in the female flowers.
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Adult males possess a sacular organ on the throat, the function of which is unknown, but which is only vestigial in females.
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The third toe was stronger than the outer ones, and thus more weighted; the fourth front toe was diminished to a vestigial nub.
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The third claw is enlarged and there is no fifth digit and only a vestigial first and fourth digit.
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The last set of prolegs is frequently vestigial, or may be long, with glands that can be everted.
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Like most colobi, the mantled guereza has a small thumb that is vestigial.
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However, the remains of the gene are still present in the human genome as a vestigial genetic sequence called a pseudogene.
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