Definition of relicts Relicts

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Wiktionary

relicts (Noun)
Plural of relict.

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relicts, noun, plural of relict.

WordNet

Noun

Plural: relicts

relict - geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

relict - 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

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Wiktionary

relict (Noun)
Something which, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
relict (Noun)
The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
relict (Noun)
1801, in the Reports of cases decided in the High court of Chancery of Maryland, volume 3, page 26.
relict (Noun)
Upon which the Chancellor, by way of note said, 'it is suggested, that there is a relict of the deceased, married to another man, who has joined her in a power of attorney to authorize the sale of her interest, '.
relict (Noun)
1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise.
relict (Noun)
But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.
relict (Noun)
2010, M. Zimmerman et al. , in Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology edited by Jan Christian Habel, Thorsten Assmann, page 32.
relict (Noun)
The species may be a relict of former stages of historical vegetation and landscape development resulting from past climate changes glacial and post- glacial periods.
relict (Noun)
A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age.
relict (Noun)
2011, Mark Keiter, Chris Ballhaus, Frank Tomaschek, A New Geological Map of the Island of Syros Aegean Sea, Greece, page 1.
relict (Noun)
Dark rims around the pillows are caused by glaucophane enrichment, possibly a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater, causing Na- enrichment in the original glass crust of the pillows.
relict (Noun)
A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
relict (Noun)
A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.
relict (Adjective)
Surviving, remaining.
relict (Adjective)
That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.