relict

詳細解釋：

rel.ict

n.（名詞）
Ecology An organism or a species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
【生態學】 子遺種：在經過相當程度的變化了的環境中存活下來的以前的生物或者物種
Something that has survived; a remnant.
殘遺物：存活下來的東西；殘餘物
A widow.
寡婦
adj.Geology （形容詞）【地質學】
Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.
殘遺的：跟存活下來的東西，如破壞性過程之後的結構或礦物有關的

來源：
From Middle English relicte [left undisturbed]
源自 中古英文 relicte [沒有受到干擾的]
from Latin relictus [past participle of] relinquere [to leave behind] * see relinquish
源自 拉丁語 relictus [] relinquere的過去分詞 [留在後頭] *參見 relinquish
Sense 2, Middle English relicte [widow]
釋義2， 中古英文 relicte [寡婦]
from Medieval Latin relicta
源自 中世紀拉丁語 relicta
from Latin [feminine past participle of] relinquere [to leave behind]
源自 拉丁語 [] relinquere的陰性過去分詞 [留在後頭]