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Meanings of rudimentary in inglês

Being or involving basic facts or principles.

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Not fully developed in mature animals.

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Examples for "vestigial"
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Even the vestigial organs of animals have their counterparts in the machines.
The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope
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True, I did bring the tail-butit's only vestigial, I assure you.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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The usual process is a gradual recession to a merely vestigial state.
The Task of Social Hygiene
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They respire, merely as a vestigial reflex, but they don't oxygenate anymore.
The strain
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Out the window go any vestigial thoughts about smart little late-1990s-style dinners.
The Irish Times

Rudimentary.

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Usage of rudimentary in inglês
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These are generally developed in one sex and rudimentary in the other.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
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Then some other impulse seized the bewildered rudimentary brains; the cattle balked.
The Killer
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In some other genera they are present, but in a rudimentary condition.
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection / Or, the...
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Keral had a rudimentary idea of where the Dahkur resistance had gone.
Star trek: terok nor: dawn of the eagles
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Although the website is rather rudimentary, she says her concept is rock-solid.
Wired
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Olive also had to practice rudimentary medicine, for there were constant accidents.
East of eden
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The technology is rudimentary, and the results it produces are accordingly unreliable.
Wired
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The only human forms she saw were scarecrows, their rudimentary features impassive.
The Scar
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Lions can count Lions appear to have a rudimentary ability to count.
BBC
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The recellularized lung constructs displayed dynamic compliance and rudimentary gas exchange capacity.
Pubmed
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The philosophical conceptions of the members of this Assembly seem rudimentary enough.
The Psychology of Revolution
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The conception of duty is present, though in a very rudimentary shape.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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They had rudimentary feelers on either end that served to balance them.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
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They're easy enough to get a handle on, though a bit rudimentary.
Wired
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On the right side of the head was a rudimentary external ear.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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And yes, the root does have the rudimentary shape of a baby.
Arcadia falls
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