relict
nounA species that inhabits a much smaller geographic area than it did in the past, often because of environmental change.
nounSomething that has survived; a remnant.
nounA widow or widower.
adjectiveOf or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.
nounOne who is left or who remains: a survivor.
nounSpecifically, a widower or widow, especially a widow.
nounA thing left behind; a relic.
Left; remaining; surviving.
In phytogeography, persisting in a limited area only: said of an endemic plant which at an earlier period had a much wider range.
In physical geography, left as a result of erosion; residual: said of mountains the form of which is due to the erosion of neigh boring valleys, as mountains of circumdenudation, and especially isolated residual mountains or monadnocks.