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relictual

adj

Etymology

From relict + -ual.

  1. derived from relictus
  2. derived from relicta — “widow”
  3. derived from relicte — “widow”
  4. inherited from relicte — “widow”
  5. inherited from relicte
  6. suffixed as relictual — “relict + ual”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a relict.

    • Climatic warming during the past 10,000 years led to the extirpation of most low-elevation pika populations, producing the modern-day relictual distribution of the species.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA