n.

1. Ecology. An organism or species of an earlier time surviving in an environment that has undergone considerable change.
2. Something that has survived; a remnant.
3. A widow.

adj. Geology.

Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.

[From Middle English relicte, left undisturbed, from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere, to leave behind. See relinquish. Sense 3, Middle English relicte, from Medieval Latin relicta, from feminine past participle of Latin relinquere.]

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1) widow  2) a persistent remnant of an otherwise extinct organism  3) something left unchanged

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rudiment
adj. - rudimentær

Nederlands (Dutch)
weduwe, primitief overblijfsel in taal/ natuur, iets onveranderds

Français (French)
n. - relique
adj. - (Géol) de vestige(s) (des minéraux, etc)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Ökol.) Relikt, Witwe, Überlebende/r
adj. - (Geol.) in Resten vorkommend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατάλοιπο

Italiano (Italian)
vedova, (biol., geol.) relitto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - viúva (f)

Русский (Russian)
вдова, реликтовое растение/животное

Español (Spanish)
n. - viuda, superviviente, restos mortales
adj. - relacionado o perteneciente a los restos mortales

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kvarleva, änka

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
未亡人, 残余物, 寡妇, 残余的, 残遗的, 孀居的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 未亡人, 殘餘物, 寡婦
adj. - 殘餘的, 殘遺的, 孀居的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잔존물, 미망인, 나머지
adj. - 살아남은, 미망인의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 残存生物, 残存鉱物, 残存種
adj. - 残存する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أرمله, بقيه معمرة من حيوان أو نبات منقرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שריד מתקופה גיאולוגית, אלמנה (מיושן), צמח או חיה שלא נכחדו‬
adj. - ‮של משהו שעבר תהליך הרס ושרד כמבנה או כמחצב (גיאולוגיה)‬

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