Ecol. a plant or animal species living on in isolation in a small local area as a survival from an earlier period or as a remnant of an almost extinct group
Geol. a physical feature, mineral, structure, etc. remaining after other components have wasted away or been altered
See relict in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĕlˈĭkt, rĭ-lĭktˈ)
noun
Ecology An organism or species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
Something that has survived; a remnant.
A widow.
adjective Geology
Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.