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Meanings of extinct in English
Category in the Red List of threatened species in the Czech Republic.
Usage of extinct in English
1
The thank you letter is really gone now, extinct among the under-65s.
2
Experts have warned that African elephants could become extinct within 10 years.
3
In some countries it is extinct, in the others it is rare.
4
Here was a race thought extinct for more than a thousand years.
5
Subsequently, DNA sequences have been published for a number of extinct species.
6
And some plant species may have gone extinct before ever being discovered.
7
The old comedy was almost extinct; the new had not yet arisen.
8
Analysis of genetic coding can reveal the 'ghosts' of long-extinct human ancestors.
9
It occupied the crater of an extinct volcano, 4 m. in circumference.
10
Henderson specialises in creating computer models of animals both extinct and extant.
11
By the time we began our researches, his family was apparently extinct.
12
This was the first extinct species from which genetic information was retrieved.
13
Loyalty was lessened, chivalry became extinct; expiring in France with Henri IV.
14
The dogs seized it, and in a few moments life was extinct.
15
Nine species found only in Mabira and nearby forests risked going extinct.
16
You of the poor Marquess's, the last Marquess; the marquisate is extinct.
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