vestigial
- Examples
El sistema límbico es vestigial, y todavía está sustancialmente hipertrofiado. | The limbic system is vestigial, and yet his is substantially enlarged. |
El cabello es vestigial, como intenté decirle a su esposa. | The hair is just vestigial, as I tried to tell your wife. |
El selenio es un mineral vestigial que nuestro cuerpo ocupa para producir glutationa peroxidasa. | Selenium is a trace mineral that our bodies use to produce glutathione peroxidase. |
Este organismo no posee mitocondrias pero se ha sugerido que posee una mitocondria vestigial. | It has no mitochondria but it has been suggested that it possesses a vestigial one. |
Ulterior carácter vestigial, si fuese necesario, que evidencia el grado arcaico de esta orden de mamíferos. Ver ficha Monotremata). | And this is a further vestigial character, should it be needed, which highlights the archaism of this order inside the mammals (see text Monotremata). |
Su morfología dental combina características relacionadas con Rhinolophidae (por ejemplo, la presencia de un tercer premolar inferior vestigial) con personajes que se encuentran en las formas más primitivas, subrayando su aspecto arcaico. | Its dental morphology combines characteristics relating to Rhinolophidae (for example, the presence of a third lower premolar vestigial) with characters that are found in the most primitive forms, underscoring its archaic appearance. |
Regresión de células especializadas a un estado vestigial indiferenciado. | Regression of specialized cells to an undifferentiated stem state. |
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