RELICT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
    Hypernyms(s) relict is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. 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
    Hypernyms(s) relict is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower