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rudiment (s) (noun), rudiments (pl)
1. The elements or first principles of a subject; as in the rudiments of grammar.
2. Those points that are first taught to, or acquired by, someone beginning the study or practice of a branch of knowledge, art, etc.
3. A mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something; the rudiments of a plan.
4. The imperfect beginnings of some material or immaterial thing; those parts that are the foundation of later growth or development.
5. In biology, an organ or part which is incompletely developed in size or structure; such as, something that is in an embryonic stage, arrested in growth, or with no functional activity.
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(Latin: first principle, rudiment, primitive form)
(Greek: cuckoo; the end of the vertebral column in man and in some apes; the rudiment of a tail)