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Rudimental

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ru·di·ment  (rd-mnt)
n.
1. A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as of a field of learning. Often used in the plural.
2. Something in an incipient or undeveloped form. Often used in the plural: the rudiments of social behavior in children; the rudiments of a plan of action.
3. Biology An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part.
[Latin rudmentum, from rudis, rough, unformed.]
rudi·mental (-mntl) adj.
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If you attentively regard almost any quadruped's spine, you will be struck with the resemblance of its vertebrae to a strung necklace of dwarfed skulls, all bearing rudimental resemblance to the skull proper.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
In the midst of this sterility, the rudimental carcass of the Globe appeared in ridges of sharply-jutting rock.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
They seemed to me to be rudimental, burrowing men, still standing on their defence, awaiting their transformation.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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