1. vestigial - Noun
2. vestigial - Adjective
3. vestigial - Adjective Satellite
Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe humans have many vestigial features proving that we evolved. The most famous is the appendix. Jerry Coyne
Powell repressed the wave of exasperation that rose up in him. It was not exasperation with Chooka. It was anger for the relentless force of evolution that insisted on endowing man with increased powers without removing the vestigial vices that prevented him from using them. Alfred Bester
Supposedly, summer vacation happens because that's when the kids are home from school, although having the kids home from school is no vacation. And supposedly the kids are home from school because of some vestigial throwback to our agricultural past. P. J. O'Rourke
But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it. Rob Sheffield
rudimentary wings Source: Internet
A few nouns also exhibit vestigial noun classes, such as stewardess, where the suffix -ess added to steward denotes a female person. Source: Internet