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| abortive |
imperfectly or incompletely developed; rudimentary. [1/3 definitions] |
| coracoid |
a bone that extends from shoulder blade to breastbone in reptiles and birds, but that is only a rudimentary bony process in mammals. [1/2 definitions] |
| dame school |
an informal school common to Colonial New England in which rudimentary educational and social skills were taught to children by a woman in her home. [1/2 definitions] |
| earless seal |
any of a family of seals with inconspicuous ears, short front flippers, and rudimentary hind flippers that are best adapted for swimming. |
| embryo |
an organism in its earliest stage or stages of development and in a rudimentary or early form. [2/3 definitions] |
| embryonic |
in an undeveloped or early stage; rudimentary. [1/2 definitions] |
| emu |
a large flightless Australian bird related to the ostrich that has head and neck feathers and rudimentary wings. |
| germ |
a rudimentary biological part, such as a bud, seed, or embryo, that gives rise to further growth or development. [2/3 definitions] |
| germinal |
of, concerning, or at a rudimentary level of growth or development. [1/2 definitions] |
| halter2 |
either of a pair of club-shaped appendages that form rudimentary hind wings on an insect, such as the fly or mosquito, and serve to maintain its balance in flight. |
| kittiwake |
either of two gulls of northern regions, which have a rudimentary hind toe. |
| Manx cat |
a short-haired domestic cat with either a rudimentary tail, or no tail at all. |
| spider monkey |
any of several tropical American monkeys that have long spidery limbs, rudimentary or no thumbs, and a long prehensile tail. |
| stick figure |
a conventional, rudimentary representation of a human figure drawn using a single straight line for the torso, straight lines for the limbs, and a circle for the head. |
| vestige |
a rudimentary or non-functional part or organ remaining from an earlier stage of development in an individual or species, such as the human appendix. [1/2 definitions] |
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