[adjective] [before noun; not gradable]The rhinoceros is one of the oldest surviving species (= those which continue to exist).This is one of the few surviving photographs of my grandfather as a child.He is the longest surviving (= still working) national newspaper editor in the country.Her estate was divided between her three surviving children (= those who continued to live after her death).
SURVIVING
Meaning of SURVIVING in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012