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n. Ecology An organism or species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.

n. Something that has survived; a remnant.

n. A widow.

adj. Geology Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.

n. Something which, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

adj. Surviving, remaining.

adj. That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.

n. A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

n. One who is left or who remains: a survivor.

n. Specifically, a widower or widow, especially a widow.

n. A thing left behind; a relic.

Left; remaining; surviving.

To leave.

In phytogeography, persisting in a limited area only: said of an endemic plant which at an earlier period had a much wider range.

In physical geography, left as a result of erosion; residual: said of mountains the form of which is due to the erosion of neigh boring valleys, as mountains of circumdenudation, and especially isolated residual mountains or monadnocks.

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

n. geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

"The maneless Tsavo lions could be relict -- relict is the wrong word -- cave lions, which were depicted as maneless; it could be they're all lions and the species is wildly variable, too, and I'm curious if anyone knows."

being    organism    geological formation    formation   

reliquary    delinquent    delict    delinquency    relinquish    derelict    relic   

widow   

leecher    proofreader    moping    paribus    entreatment    black-brown    man!    fellow-citizen    fichu    chatelaine