If we only knew enough, we would, no doubt, discover a beneficial use for all the so-called vestigial organs. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
Some are just useless, such as vestigial tails, or polydactyly (extra digits). From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
You are calling into question whether or not these structures are truly "vestigial". From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
A "vestigial" feature is something obselete that's still around -- a.k.a. the old Facebook groups. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
They move the goalposts by redefining the word "vestigial" and claim that the appendix's current use is different from its original use. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
What few branches there were appeared stunted and vestigial. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
This one's horns were vestigial, and his tail was a soft tuft. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
Even the vestigial organs of animals have their counterparts in the machines. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
It's this sort of vestigial organ of the angry identity politics of the '70s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2009] Reference
Two interior storage bins sit behind the seats, along with the vestigial second row. From Wordnik.com. [Driving impression: Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe] Reference
Almost everything we've encountered has eyes of some sort, but they're mostly vestigial. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
The Senate would be just another vestigial relic staffed by too few men to form a quorum. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Like vestigial structures in biology, these traits afford invaluable evidence, not only of. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
Now whether it's a vestigial remnant of a day past is something that I question very much. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Gore v. Bush: Will the U.S. Supreme Court Finalize the Election? - December 12, 2000] Reference
With their size and with the vestigial webbing between their toes, they were unmistakable. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
And the Iraqi military presence, the Iraqi border police presence was absolutely vestigial. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2007] Reference
We can even discern counterparts of the vestigial structures like the rudimentary limbs of whales. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
Many of the vestigial structures of man appear more clearly in infancy and in embryonic development. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
Both sets of vestigial wings had been removed, indicating that she had mated at some time in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble Magnet]
It's pretty effective for anyone who has some vestigial fear of higher taxes under a Labour government. From Wordnik.com. [A Candidate For The '90S] Reference
So the parasite itself has some vestigial machinery inside of it that suggests that it once photosynthesized. From Wordnik.com. [Malaria: The 500,000-Year-Old 'Fever' That Won't Die] Reference
Most people believed Vee was short for vice president but insiders knew it really stood for vestigial virgins. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Justice] Reference
But except for a few vestigial things like this, the Supreme Court is no longer to be confused with a royal court. From Wordnik.com. [Choosing A New Justice] Reference
He was even fatter than he'd been as a little boy, fat enough that his arms and legs appeared vestigial and unjointed. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
Is there a precedent for that or a base off of which they can work, some kind of pre-Saddam vestigial political culture?. From Wordnik.com. [Shattering The Paradigm] Reference
The claim that human hair is vestigial is spoiled by the fact that there is none on the back where most abundant on simians. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
STOPPARD: Well, there's a vestigial superstition in my mind about preparing a speech which you may not be called upon to give. From Wordnik.com. [Talking Shop At Oscar Time] Reference
If the hair left on the body is vestigial, why is there no hair on the back, where it was most abundant on our brute ancestors?. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments] Reference
To my mind the rudimentary and vestigial structures of animals are in themselves proof positive of a natural history of change. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
So early this fall I resolved to investigate the trend — and see if I could overcome my vestigial squeamishness in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Not For the Lily-Livered] Reference
Homologies were considered more interesting than analogies, vestigial organs more interesting than foetal and larval adaptations. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Just as the front page is the 'face' of the periodical, the editorial should be its 'heart', not a vestigial organ like the appendix. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press] Reference
With his eight limbs and compound eyes, feathery antennae and fused vestigial wingcases, he was unlike anything they'd ever seen before. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
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