relictual
English
Etymology
Adjective
relictual (comparative more relictual, superlative most relictual)
- Of or pertaining to a relict.
- 2003 December, Erik A. Beever, “Persistence of pikas in two low-elevation national monuments in the western United States”, in Sierra Nature Notes[1], volume 3, archived from the original on 28 September 2005:
- 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.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reliɡˈtwal/ [re.liɣ̞ˈt̪wal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: re‧lic‧tual
Adjective
relictual m or f (masculine and feminine plural relictuales)