relict : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: relict	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
relict n an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relict \Rel"ict\ (-?kt), n. [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See {Relinquish}.] A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. --South.