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vestigial

 adjective
     
ves‧ti‧gi‧al
1 technical a vestigial part of the body has never developed completely or has almost disappeared:
The legs of snakes are vestigial or absent altogether.
2 formal remaining as a sign that something existed after most of it has gone:
his vestigial sense of pride
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