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Look up: RELICT

  1. Relict
    a distribution area that is a mere remnant of a formerly wider range.
    Found on http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/G

  2. relict
    [n] - 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. [n] - geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Relict
    Rel'ict noun [ Latin relicta , from of relictus , past participle 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...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/45

  4. relict
    A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. 'Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli.' (South) ... Origin: L. Relicta, fr. Of relictus, p. P. Of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. relict
    noun geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. relict
    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
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Relict
    • (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. relict
    (from the article `lepidopteran`) Many lepidopterans exist only in isolated colonies as relict (remnant) populations, cut off from relatives elsewhere by geologic or climatic changes. ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/30

  9. relict
    relict 1. A geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared. 2. An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment which has changed considerably from that in which it originated. 3. A species o...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. RELICT
    See Distributional Relict
    Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm

  11. relict
    (L: relinquere to leave; relict left behind) remnant pockets of plants or animals which are all that remains of once much larger populations. A geological or other object surviving in its primitive form. An animal or plant known to have existed in the same form in previous geological ages (relictual species).
    Found on http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/gloss

  12. Relict
    A `relict` is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon. In biology: In biogeography, paleontology, and other disciplines concerned with the evolutionary history of plants and animals, a relict population is one found to naturally occur in a restricted area but whose original range was much larger...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relict



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