extinct
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3.6
- adjective
- /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
- The woolly mammoth has been extinct for thousands of years.
- become extinct
- go extinct
- extinct species
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Watch on YouTubeSo they'll be able to use extinct species to help combat modern global warming.
- So they'll be able to use extinct species to help combat modern global warming.
- You talked a little earlier about how these are all extinct creatures.
- We have technology to resurrect even extinct species.
- Their goal is to make sure that we don't go extinct.
- Eat a Real Salt that comes from an an extinct ocean that has not been polluted.
Examples
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The dodo bird is a famous example of a species that is now extinct.
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Siberian tigers went extinct in 2017.
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The species was going extinct before our eyes and will probably not last another generation.
Academic text (1990) -
But this species became completely extinct before the dawn of time.
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These things have been extinct for over 150 million years.
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Someday, a species that has been extinct for thousands of years will walk again.
Fiction book (1990) -
Some of these little animals were extinct by the time Europeans arrived.
Academic text (1990) -
So large number of species went extinct in the Himalaya.
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While the moas are New Zealand's most famous extinct birds, many others have been described from fossil bones.
Academic text (1990) -
Many animals are currently facing the risk of becoming extinct due to habitat loss.
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How Threatened
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3.6
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extinct comes from Latin parts ex- meaning 'out' and stinguere meaning 'to put out', and it shares the same root as extinguish. So a species that is extinct is like a fire that has been 'put out' — it no longer exists.