relict

名词 relict:

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

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n.（名词）
Ecology An organism or a species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
【生态学】 子遗种：在经过相当程度的变化了的环境中存活下来的以前的生物或者物种
Something that has survived; a remnant.
残遗物：存活下来的东西；残余物
A widow.
寡妇
adj.Geology （形容词）【地质学】
Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.
残遗的：跟存活下来的东西，如破坏性过程之后的结构或矿物有关的

来源：
From Middle English relicte [left undisturbed]
源自 中古英语 relicte [没有受到干扰的]
from Latin relictus [past participle of] relinquere [to leave behind] * see relinquish
源自 拉丁语 relictus [] relinquere的过去分词 [留在后头] *参见 relinquish
Sense 2, Middle English relicte [widow]
释义2， 中古英语 relicte [寡妇]
from Medieval Latin relicta
源自 中世纪拉丁语 relicta
from Latin [feminine past participle of] relinquere [to leave behind]
源自 拉丁语 [] relinquere的阴性过去分词 [留在后头]