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vestige [ˈvɛstɪdʒ] n
1. a small trace, mark, or amount; hint a vestige of truth no vestige of the meal 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology an organ or part of an organism that is a small nonfunctioning remnant of a functional organ in an ancestor [via French from Latin vestīgium track] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
vestige Translations vestige [ˈvestɪdʒ] N 1. (= trace) → vestigio m, rastro m not a vestige of it remains → no queda rastro de ello, de ello no queda ni el menor vestigio without a vestige of decency → sin la menor decencia if there is a vestige of doubt → si hay una sombra de duda a vestige of truth → un elemento or un tanto de verdad 2. (Bio) → rudimento m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand. There remains to-day but a very imperceptible vestige of the Place de Grève, such as it existed then; it consists in the charming little turret, which occupies the angle north of the Place, and which, already enshrouded in the ignoble plaster which fills with paste the delicate lines of its sculpture, would soon have disappeared, perhaps submerged by that flood of new houses which so rapidly devours all the ancient façades of Paris. Furthermore, you are now to consider that only in the extreme, lower, backward sloping part of the front of the head, is there the slightest vestige of bone; and not till you get near twenty feet from the forehead do you come to the full cranial development. |
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