how to pronounce vestigial

/vəsˈtɪdʒiːəl/

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vestigial is pronounced in four syllables

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meanings of vestigial

adjective:

Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
Not fully developed in mature animals.

noun:

A small, degenerate, or imperfectly developed part or organ which has been more fully developed in some past generation.

vestigial frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word vestigial occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics vestigial can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that vestigial can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;