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Definition of extinct

Extinct
Extinct Ex*tinct", a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.] 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. --Milton. 2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.
Extinct
Extinct Ex*tinct", v. t. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] --Shak.

Meaning of extinct from wikipedia

- taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to reproduce...
- An extinct language is a language with no living descendants that no longer has any first-language or second-language speakers. In contrast, a dead language...
- This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts...
- Pompeii (/pɒmˈpeɪ(i)/ pom-PAY(-ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the muni****lity of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 203 species   Endangered (EN): 505 species   Vulnerable (VU): 536 species   Near threatened...
- This article contains cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script...
- Look up extinct in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Extinction is the end of a species. Extinct may also refer to: Extinct volcano, one that scientists...
- Extinct is a 2021 animated science fiction comedy film directed by David Silverman, and co-directed by Raymond S. Persi, from a screenplay by Joel Cohen...
- An extinct comet is a comet that has expelled most of its volatile ice and has little left to form a tail and coma. In a dormant comet, rather than being...
- A species that is extinct in the wild (EW) is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as only consisting of...