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relictual

relictual adjective: of or pertaining to a relict.

Adjective

relictual (comparative more relictual, superlative most relictual)

  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.2003 December, Erik A. Beever, “Persistence of pikas in two low-elevation national monuments in the western United States”, in Sierra Nature Notes, volume 3, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2005
    Synonyms:
    remnant, surviving

Synonyms of relictual

Forms of relictual

comparativemore relictual
superlativemost relictual

Origin of relictual

From relict + -ual.

Questions about relictual

What does relictual mean?
Relictual means of or pertaining to a relict.
What part of speech is relictual?
Relictual is an adjective.

Words near relictual in the dictionary

  1. relict
  2. relicted
  3. reliction
  4. relictions
  5. relicts
  6. relictual
  7. relictualism
  8. relied
  9. relied on
  10. relied upon
  11. relief

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