vestige

  1. Noun.  The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign;.
  2. Noun.  A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains.
  3. Noun.  (biology) a vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.

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