Definitions for "Vestige"
A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.
a degenerative or imperfectly formed organ or structure having little or no utility, but in the earlier stage of development of a species performed a useful function
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
a remaining trace of a body part that a group of animals has lost during evolution through the ages
The remains of an exhausted or dead plant structure.