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dysteleology

noun

  1. absence of purpose in nature especially as manifested in rudimentary or nonfunctional structures
  2. the doctrine of purposelessness in nature
  3. frustration or evasion of a normal functional end
  4. a vestigial organ
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From dys- + teleology.

  1. The view that existence has no telos or final cause from purposeful design.
  2. The study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.
  3. The frustration of natural function, as for example where an insect obtains nectar by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.