relict
pronunciation
How to pronounce relict in British English:
UK ['relɪkt]
How to pronounce relict in American English:
US ['relɪkt]
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- 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
- geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
Word Origin
- relict (n.)
- "a widow," mid-15c., from Old French relict, fem. relicte "person or thing left behind" (especially a widow) and directly from Medieval Latin relicta "a widow," noun use of fem. of relictus "abandoned, left behind," past participle adjective from Latin relinquere "to leave behind" (see relinquish).
Example
- 1. Everybody said how laudable this was in mrs pipchin , relict of a man who had died of the peruvian mines ; and what a staunch , high , independent spirit the old lady had .
- 2. The forensics of ancient landscape architecture methods and approaches to excavating relict gardens and designed landscapes .
- 3. The forensics of ancient landscape architecture : methods and approaches to excavating relict gardens and designed landscapes .
- 4. Relict gulls ( larus relictus ) rest in the hongjianzhuo lake in china 's shaanxi province .
- 5. In a selected test area within the beishan arid desert gobi relict mountain landscape region of gansu province , 1:50000 stream sediment survey and soil survey were conducted .