Definition of "relicts" [relicts]

• Plural form of relict. (noun)

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• "Some species are relicts of the past and in danger of extinction, such as the Aramaic speaking clades."
• "Many are relicts of the Tertiary flora and fauna isolated when the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau rose from the Tethys Sea of central China."
• "Many species are relicts, isolated during the extreme climatic fluctuations of the Pleistocene in the moisture trap created by the high plateau to the west."