Associations to the word «Extinct»
Noun
- Salamander
- Fauna
- Shrew
- Lineage
- Fish
- Marquess
- Whales
- Specimen
- Montagu
- Heir
- Antilles
- Genu
- Seychelles
- Relative
- Animal
- Elephant
- Antelope
- Conifer
- Rhino
- Mongolia
- Elk
- Active
- Anhalt
- Crustacean
- Bird
- Habitat
- Lobe
- Cone
- Aboriginal
- Fief
- Cinder
- Descendant
- Chimpanzee
- Death
- Whale
- Baron
- Lava
- Paleontology
- Earl
- Moravia
- Fern
- Deposit
- Guadalupe
- Wren
- Invertebrate
- Cloning
- Progeny
- Kangaroo
- Ancestor
- Chatham
- Tennyson
- Heiress
- Clam
- Yunnan
- Conservation
- Phylogeny
- Vanuatu
- Thrush
- Predator
- Deer
- Leopard
Adjective
Wiktionary
EXTINCT, adjective. (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
EXTINCT, adjective. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
EXTINCT, adjective. No longer in existence; having died out.
EXTINCT, adjective. (vulcanology) No longer actively erupting.
EXTINCT LANGUAGE, noun. A dead language.
EXTINCT LANGUAGES, noun. Plural of extinct language
Dictionary definition
EXTINCT, adjective. 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".
EXTINCT, adjective. (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano".
EXTINCT, adjective. Being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out".
Wise words
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