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Look up: vestigial

  1. Vestigial
    reduced, or very poorly developed
    Found on http://australianmuseum.net.au/Glossary-

  2. vestigial
    Pertaining to structures or organs that were well developed in an organism's ancestors but have become rudimentary during the course of evolution.
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  3. Vestigial
    Poorly developed; degenerate; non-functional.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. vestigial
    [adj] - (biology) not fully developed in mature animals
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Vestigial
    Vestigial: Adjective describing something that is a vestige (remnant) or a primitive structure, and no longer believed to be important. For example, the appendix is considered a vestigial organ, and some infants are born with a vestigial tail.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  6. vestigial
    a sideband in which some of the spectral components,in general those corresponding to the highest frequency in the modulating signals,are greatly attenuated Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a transmission where frequency components below the visual carrier are substantially ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Vestigial
    Ves·tig'i·al adjective Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/20

  8. vestigial
    Refers to an organ or part (for example, the human appendix) which is greatly reduced from the original ancestral form and is no longer functional. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. vestigial
    rudimentary adjective not fully developed in mature animals; `rudimentary wings`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Vestigial
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Vestigial
    Greatly reduced and non-functional.
    Found on http://www.cortland.edu/herp/keys/glossa

  12. vestigial
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ves-tij′ē-ăl Definitions: 1. Relating to a vestige.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  13. Vestigial
    Remaining in a species only in a much reduced or useless state. Vestigial body parts or organs are evidence of parts that the ancestors of an animal had, but that the modern animal no longer needs or uses. For example, the Rosy Boa bears vestigial traces of the legs of its lizard ancestors.
    Found on http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/herps/gl

  14. Vestigial
    Smaller and of more simple structure than in an evolutionary ancestor (Halliday 1987).
    Found on http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/gls

  15. vestigial
    reduced in form and function from the normal or ancestral condition.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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