Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Relict"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Relict \Rel"ict\ (-?kt), n. [L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p.
of relinquere to leave behind. See {Relinquish}.]
A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to
marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his
brother Eli. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
relict
n 1: 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
2: geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing
formation after other parts have disappeared
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