endangered
- adjective
- /ɪnˈdeɪndʒərd/
- I'll be working on the genetics of endangered species in the Brazilian preserves.
- endangered species
- critically endangered
- endangered animals
And you've made three times what you would from cutting down an endangered species of tree.
- And you've made three times what you would from cutting down an endangered species of tree.
- And in Bloodstone Island, instead of dinosaurs, it's got endangered animals.
- And I came around the bend and saw a group of Swans, trumpeter Swans, which are either either endangered or threatened.
- Adido Murma, The Matrix from Madagascar, an endangered species of ants.
- These are majestic, wild, endangered species.
- Oh, well, I guess I guess they're a little bit more endangered now than they were.
- And actually we are as well endangered.
- I know you dealt with incredibly difficult issues with tremendous grace issues on endangered species, you know, which were never easy stream flow issues.
- And so irregular verbs have been dying off like endangered species.
Examples
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More native plants than animals are listed under the US Endangered Species Act.
Academic text (2011) -
The cheetah is an endangered species, found in only a few regions of Africa.
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What else should the individual people be doing to to protect endangered species?
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Animals that are on the endangered species list.
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First up, our friends at the Happy Newspaper report that endangered animal populations are making a comeback.
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All sea turtles are listed as endangered or threatened by the Endangered Species Act.
Academic text (1991) -
The second edition listed only five Javan bird species as endangered and none as extinct.
Academic text (1991) -
This year's symposium is entitled From Sea to Changing Sea and it will investigate the world's endangered oceans.
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We have Mr. Van Zandt from the Sierra Club, and he's going to bring some animals that are endangered species.
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Conservation efforts are crucial to prevent endangered animals from going extinct.
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Etymology
Endangered comes from en- meaning 'in' plus danger, so it really means 'in danger'. That's why an endangered animal is one that is at serious risk of disappearing unless people protect it.