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Relict

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Relicts
possessive
Relict's
pluralpossessive
Relicts'