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rudiment
1: a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill —usually used in plural <teaching themselves the rudiments of rational government
— G. B. Galanti>2 a: something unformed or undeveloped : beginning —usually used in plural <the rudiments of a plan> b
(1): a body part so deficient in size or structure as to be entirely unable to perform its normal function
(2): an organ just beginning to develop : anlage
— ru·di·men·tal
\ˌrü-də-ˈmen-təl\
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