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Definition of Relicts

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 Relicts 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...
- remaining forests as a relict of the Oligocene: a relict species in a relict habitat. An example of divergent evolution creating relicts is found in the shrews...
- Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science...
- Examples: The biogeography of various aquatic species deemed glacial relicts that are found in Lake Sommen is likely related to a different geography...
- 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...
- 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...
- The relict gecko (Cyrtodactylus relictus) is a small gecko from Andhra Pradesh, India. The gecko can grow to about 8.9 cm (3.5 in) in length. It has a...
- The relict dace (Relictus solitarius) is a cyprinid fish of the Great Basin of western North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Relict dace coloration...
- 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...
- The relict gull or Central Asian gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) is a medium-sized gull. It was believed to be an eastern race of the Mediterranean gull until...