Extinct - definition of extinct by The Free Dictionary extinct - no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
Extinction | Definition Examples | Britannica Extinction occurs when species are diminished because of environmental forces (habitat fragmentation, global change, natural disaster, overexploitation of species for human use) or because of evolutionary changes in their members (genetic inbreeding, poor reproduction, decline in population numbers)
extinct - Wiktionary, the free dictionary extinct (third-person singular simple present extincts, present participle extincting, simple past extincted, past participle extincted or (obsolete) extinct) Synonym of extinguish ( obsolete ) To stop ( fire , etc ) from burning ; also, to stop ( light , etc ) from shining ; to put out , to quench
What does EXTINCT mean? - Definitions. net Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point