All 4 Uses of
vestige
in
The Island of Dr. Moreau
- Less so, and probably far more extensive, were the operations of those mediaeval practitioners who made dwarfs and beggar-cripples, show-monsters,—some vestiges of whose art still remain in the preliminary manipulation of the young mountebank or contortionist.†
Chpt 14
- {2}It was volcanic in origin, and was now fringed on three sides by coral reefs; some fumaroles to the northward, and a hot spring, were the only vestiges of the forces that had long since originated it.†
Chpt 15 *
- Beside me were the charred vestiges of the boats and these five dead bodies.†
Chpt 19
- It was not afraid and not ashamed; the last vestige of the human taint had vanished.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(vestige) a remaining trace (little bit of something) that was previously abundanteditor's notes: In biology, vestige (especially in the form vestigial) references a part of the body that is underdeveloped and no longer used, but which formally was an important body part. As in: Darwin believed vestigial organs are evidence of evolution.