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21extinct — No longer existing, e.g. Encephalartos woodii is believed to be extinct in the wild; among the very many extinct cycad genera are Ceratozamites, Crossozamia, Dioonites, Eostangeria, Palaeocycas, Pseudoctenis, Ticoa, and Zamites. See also… …
22Extinct — (EX) IUCN Red List category in which there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual of a taxon has died; a taxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal,… …
23extinct — adjective 1) an extinct species Syn: vanished, lost, gone, died out, wiped out, destroyed 2) an extinct volcano Syn: inactive • Ant: living, dorma …
24extinct — [ɪkˈstɪŋkt] adj 1) if something such as a type of animal or plant is extinct, it no longer exists 2) an extinct VOLCANO no longer ERUPTS …
25extinct — [15] Latin stinguere appears originally to have meant ‘prick, stick’ (a sense revealed in the derivative from which English gets distinct), but in historical times the only record of it we have is in the later, and rather remote metaphorical… …
26extinct — 1) no longer living as applied to a taxon. Opposite of extant 2) in the IUCN Criteria for threatened species, a taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. Abbreviated as EX …
27extinct — ex·tinct ik stiŋ(k)t, ek . adj no longer existing: lacking living representatives <extinct prehistoric animals> …
28extinct — /əksˈtɪŋkt / (say uhks tingkt), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective 1. (of a species) without a living representative. 2. (of a volcano) no longer active, with no possibility of further eruption. 3. having come to an end: a royal house becoming extinct. 4 …
29Extinct in the Wild — (EW) is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa, the only known living members of which are being kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.pecies examplesExamples of such animals… …
30Extinct Birds (Rothschild book) — Extinct Birds (complete title: Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which… …
