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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...
- 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...
- Cryptids are animals or other beings that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated...
- 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 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...
- A glacial relict is a po****tion of a species that was common in the Northern Hemisphere prior to the onset of glaciation in the late Tertiary that was...
- The relict splitfin (Xenoophorus captivus) is a species of splitfin endemic to the Pánuco River system in Mexico. It feeds on algae. This species grows...
- 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 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...
- 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...