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Definition of Relict

Relict
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.

Meaning of Relict from wikipedia

- A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon. A relict (or relic) is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now...
- A relict, in geology, is a structure or mineral from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphic change when the surrounding rock did, or a rock that...
- Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science...
- In biogeography and paleontology, a relict is a po****tion or taxon of organisms that was more widespread or more diverse in the past. A relictual po****tion...
- Relict Lake is a small lake lying southeast of Pendulum Cove on Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic...
- A glacial relict is a po****tion of a species previously common during a glacial period that retreated into refugia during interglacial periods. They are...
- The forest raven (Corvus tasmanicus), also commonly known as the Tasmanian raven, is a p****erine bird in the family Corvidae native to Tasmania and parts...
- be classified into autochthonous, allochthonous, taxonomic relicts and biogeographic relicts. Paleoendemism refers to species that were formerly widespread...
- Trillium reliquum, the relict trillium, Confederate wakerobin, or Confederate trillium, is a monocotyledon species of the genus Trillium, a perennial,...
- The relict leopard frog (Lithobates onca) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae, endemic to the United States. Its historic range is along the Colorado...