RELICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relict mean? 

• RELICT (noun)
  The noun RELICT has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: RELICT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELICT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("relict" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("relict" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)