vestigial

/vəˈstɪdʒiəɫ/

forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater

vestigial in a sentence

“The appendix is a vestigial organ in humans.”

Latin: vestigium (footprint, trace)

Related Words

culminate

to reach a climax or point of highest development

precipice

a point where great change or disaster occurs

watershed

an event marking a turning point

nascent

just beginning to develop; not yet fully formed

incipient

in an initial stage; beginning to happen

embryonic

in an early stage of development