[ 'rɛlɪkt ]
■ noun
1》 an organism or other thing which has survived from an earlier period.
↘ Ecology a population that survives in only a few localities.
2》 archaic a widow.
Origin
ME: sense 2 from OFr. ~e '(woman) left behind', from late L. ~a , from L. relinquere ; sense 1 from L. ~us , relinquere 'leave behind'.