noun
definition
Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
adjective
definition
Surviving, remaining.
definition
That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.
Examples of relict in a Sentence
Cosmogenic exposure ages from relict lateral moraines overridden by the Fennoscandian ice sheet in northern Sweden.
It is particularly noted for its wealth of extensive relict Roman archeological remains.
Pollan is a fish unique in Western Europe being a glacial relict from the last ice age.
It is often a relict of former woodland vegetation, surviving woodland clearance despite being a shade lover.
They lie within the area of the former Selwood Forest, and their dispersed hamlets and farms are typical of relict woodland.
We are not sure whether there is a relict population there or whether the beetle has spread into the area.
Other quarries survive as relict landscapes, tho with little in the way of machinery.
Loess, the material produced is a relict feature.
These relict areas have either remained ice-free islands (nunataks), or were preserved under ice.
On the west a relict revetted wall survives to a height of nearly 1.5m.
Samples will be taken along a transect at 100m intervals across and along the relict river valley.