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RUDIMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life

Example:

Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("rudiment" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Derivation:

rudimentary (being in the earliest stages of development)

rudimentary (not fully developed in mature animals)

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