Both Uses of
remnant
in
Oryx and Crake
- He wills them into being, these possible remnants who might have survived in isolated pockets, cut off by the shutdown of the communications networks, keeping themselves alive somehow.†
p. 222.3 *remnants = small amounts that remains after the rest is gone
- Remnant†
p. 348.0remnant = a small amount that remains after the rest is gone
Definition:
a small amount that remains after the rest is gone -- sometimes specifically of cloth