a mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence;
a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice, etc.;
a footprint to track.
Examples of Usage
A few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke.
Biological Meaning
A bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed in comparison to one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the individual, in a past generation, or in closely related forms
