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ex·tinct  (k-stngkt)
adj.
1. No longer existing or living: an extinct species.
2. No longer burning or active: an extinct volcano.
3. No longer in use: an extinct custom. See Synonyms at dead.
4. Law Lacking a claimant; void: an extinct title.
[Middle English, from Latin exstnctus, past participle of exstinguere, to extinguish; see extinguish.]
extinct [ɪkˈstɪŋkt]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of an animal or plant species) having no living representative; having died out
2. quenched or extinguished
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a volcano) no longer liable to erupt; inactive
4. void or obsolete an extinct political office
[from Latin exstinctus quenched, from exstinguere to extinguish]
extinct  (k-stngkt)
1. Having no living members. Species become extinct for many reasons, including climate change, disease, destruction of habitat, local or worldwide natural disasters, and development into new species (speciation). The great majority of species that have ever livedprobably more than 99 percentare now extinct.
2. No longer active or burning, as an extinct volcano.


extinct  /kstkt/  adj. no longer in existence, esp. a kind of plant or animal: The passenger pigeon is an extinct species. -n. [U] extinction. extinct
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