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Some snakes have a pelvis and femurs, bones used for walking, although they no longer need them. What term best describes this situation?

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Vestigial organs or vestigial structures

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Vestigial organs or vestigial structures are organs, tissues or cells in a body which are no more functional but their structural remains still exist in the body. They are evidence of evolution in a specie.

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Vestigial remnants.
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