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Synonyms of vestigial in English:

vestigial


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See Spanish definition of rudimentario

adjective

1‘vestigial limbs enabled the fish to crawl on to the land’

SYNONYMS
rudimentary, undeveloped, incomplete, embryonic, immature
non-functional
technical abortive, primitive, obsolete
ANTONYMS

well developed

2‘he feels a vestigial flicker of anger from last night’

SYNONYMS
remaining, surviving, residual, leftover, lingering
persisting, abiding, lasting, enduring