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Definition of Functionless
1. a. Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.
Definition of Functionless
1. Adjective. lacking a function ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Functionless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Functionless
Literary usage of Functionless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"A functionless part of an organism is not useless ; it is merely useless in a
... Nothing organic is functionless, except for a certain special abstract ..."
2. Problems of Biology by George Sandeman (1896)
"Consider, for instance, a merely vestigial and functionless element in the
morphological plan of an organism, such as is often given to us in the fibula or ..."
3. Research Methods in Ecology by Frederic Edward Clements (1905)
"The leaves either fall off early or they are reduced to functionless scales. ...
In Asparagus the leaves are reduced to mere functionless scales, ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"functionless Organs. Are There Any ? The Use and Disease of the Vermiform Appendix.
— DR. NELSON L. NORTH, of Brooklyn, read the first scientific paper. ..."
5. Plant Genetics by John Merle Coulter, Merle Crowe Coulter (1918)
"functionless organs gradually become aborted, becoming mere vestiges, ... When an
organ becomes functionless it no longer has any survival value; ..."
6. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1889)
"THE Duke of Argyll in a letter to Nature has called attention to what are called
functionless organs. Organic Nature is, he says, full of structures which ..."
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