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relict

rel·ict

relict

 
 
pronunciation:
re lihkt
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition: a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment.
The horseshoe crab is a relict, whose closest relatives in the animal kingdom became extinct several hundred million years ago.
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