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Noun: rudiment  roo-du-munt
  1. A basic, undeveloped, or vestigial structure, especially a body part that was more fully developed in an earlier stage of evolution
    "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"

Derived forms: rudiments

Type of: body part

Encyclopedia: Rudiment