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Relict

noun
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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"Relict" Quotes from Famous Books



... elevation: 'nevertheless,' says that excellent lady, 'as my Lady Ireton was walking in the St. James's Park, the Lady Lambert, as proud as her husband, came by where she was, and as the present princess always hath precedency of the relict of the dead, so she put by my Lady Ireton, who, notwithstanding her piety and humility, was a little grieved at ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 1 • Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton

... the other. "I wouldn't have thought it of Ebeneezer. I'm Belinda Dodd, relict of Benjamin Dodd, deceased. How many are ...
— At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern • Myrtle Reed

... suppose, will find you trying the force of your destructive charms on the savage dames of America; chasing females wild as the winds thro' woods as wild as themselves: I see you pursuing the stately relict of some renown'd Indian chief, some plump squaw arriv'd at the age of sentiment, some warlike queen dowager of the Ottawas ...
— The History of Emily Montague • Frances Brooke



Words linked to "Relict" :   formation, organism, being, geological formation



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