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Anatomic structure retained during the process of evolution that have lost some or all of its ancestral function
Vestigiality is the retention, during the process of evolution, of genetically determined structures or attributes that have lost some or all of the ancestral function in a given species. Assessment of the vestigiality must generally rely on comparison with homologous features in related species. Wikipedia