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Definitions of relict in various dictionaries:
noun - 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
noun - geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
An organism or a species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
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| a thing which has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive form. |
| A widow. |
| A thing which has survived from an earlier period or in a primitive form. |
| geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared |
| 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 |
| Ecology An organism or species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change. |
| Something that has survived a remnant. |
| Geology Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes. |
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A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon.* In biology a relict (or relic) is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now occurs at only one or a few small areas. * In ecology, an ecosystem which originally ranged over a large expanse, but is now narrowly confined, may be termed a relict. * In geology, a relict is a structure or mineral from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphosis when the surrounding rock did, or a rock that survived a destructive geologic process. * In geomorphology, a relict landform is a landform formed by either erosive or constructive surficial processes that are no longer active as they were in the past. * In agronomy, a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively, but is now only used in one limited region, or a small number of isolated regions. * In history (as revealed in DNA testing), a relict population refers to an ancient people in an area who have been largely supplanted by a later group of migra |