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relict |
2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: relict n 1: 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 2: geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
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