relict

  1. Noun.  (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
  2. Noun.  (context, biology) A species or other structure which has survived from a previous age.
  3. Noun.  (linguistics) A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
  4. Adjective.  surviving, remaining.
  5. Adjective.  that is a relict, pertaining to a relict.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.