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Dinosaurs are extinct animals.
What does Extinct mean?
Extinct means a species no longer exists.
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No longer existing because all members of a species have died.
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Some species became extinct after habitat loss.
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Students learned how protection can prevent more species from becoming extinct.
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What does extinct mean?
Extinct species have no living members left.
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WordExtinct.
Partadjective.
MeaningExtinct means a species no longer exists.
ExampleExample: Dinosaurs are extinct animals.
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Synonyms
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vanishedUse when something has disappeared completely.
goneUse when a species no longer exists.
Antonyms
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livingUse for species that still exist.
survivingUse when populations continue.
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extinct
noun
extinction
The state of being extinct.
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