RELICT


Meaning of RELICT in English

[ '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'.

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