eng: rudiment

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has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/rudiment

Meaning
means	(noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" ABC's, rudiment, alphabet, first principle, ABC, ABCs, first rudiment
means	(noun) the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac" rudiment