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Definition of extinct
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Extinct
(a.)
Extinguished;
put out;
quenched;
as, a fire, a
light,
or a lamp, is
extinct;
an
extinct
volcano..
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Cease
::
Cease (n.)
Extinction.
Ornithopappi
::
Ornithopappi
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order of
birds.
It
includes
only the
Archaeopteryx.
Paleotherium
::
Paleotherium
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
herbivorous
Tertiary
mammals,
once
supposed
to have
resembled
the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more
slender
form, with a long neck like that of a
llama..
Escheat
::
Escheat
(n.) The
falling
back or
reversion
of
lands,
by some
casualty
or
accident,
to the lord of the fee, in
consequence
of the
extinction
of the blood of the
tenant,
which may
happen
by his dying
without
heirs,
and
formerly
might
happen
by
corruption
of
blood,
that is, by
reason
of a
felony
or
attainder..
Oreodon
::
Oreodon
(n.) A genus of
extinct
herbivorous
mammals,
abundant
in the
Tertiary
formation
of the Rocky
Mountains.
It is more or less
related
to the
camel,
hog, and
deer..
Gyrodus
::
Gyrodus
(n.) A genus of
extinct
oolitic
fishes,
having
rounded
teeth in
several
rows
adapted
for
crushing..
Cestraciont
::
Cestraciont
(n.) A shark of the genus
Cestracion,
and of
related
genera.
The
posterior
teeth form a
pavement
of bony
plates
for
crushing
shellfish.
Most of the
species
are
extinct.
The Port
Jackson
shark and a
similar
one found in
California
are
living
examples..
Expire
::
Expire
(v. i.) To come to an end; to
cease;
to
terminate;
to
perish;
to
become
extinct;
as, the flame
expired;
his lease
expires
to-day;
the month
expired
on
Saturday..
Placodermi
::
Placodermi
(n. pl.) An
extinct
group of
fishes,
supposed
to be
ganoids.
The body and head were
covered
with large bony
plates.
See
Illust.
under
Pterichthys,
and
Coccosteus..
Microlestes
::
Microlestes
(n.) An
extinct
genus of small
Triassic
mammals,
the
oldest
yet found in
European
strata..
Paleechinoidea
::
Paleechinoidea
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order of sea
urchins
found in the
Paleozoic
rocks.
They had more than
twenty
vertical
rows of
plates.
Called
also
Palaeechini.
Toothbill
::
Toothbill
(n.) A
peculiar
fruit-eating
ground
pigeon
(Didunculus
strigiostris)
native
of the
Samoan
Islands,
and noted for its
resemblance,
in
several
characteristics,
to the
extinct
dodo. Its beak is stout and
strongly
hooked,
and the
mandible
has two or three
strong
teeth
toward
the end. Its color is
chocolate
red.
Called
also
toothbilled
pigeon,
and
manu-mea..
Orthoceras
::
Orthoceras
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
Paleozoic
Cephalopoda,
having
a long,
straight,
conical
shell.
The
interior
is
divided
into
numerous
chambers
by
transverse
septa..
Pliosaurus
::
Pliosaurus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
marine
reptiles
allied
to
Plesiosaurus,
but
having
a much
shorter
neck..
Inoceramus
::
Inoceramus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
large,
fossil,
bivalve
shells,allied
to the
mussels.
The genus is
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period..
Apteryx
::
Apteryx
(n.) A genus of New
Zealand
birds about the size of a hen, with only short
rudiments
of
wings,
armed with a claw and
without
a tail; the kiwi. It is
allied
to the
gigantic
extinct
moas of the same
country.
Five
species
are
known..
Werewolf
::
Werewolf
(n.) A
person
transformed
into a wolf in form and
appetite,
either
temporarily
or
permanently,
whether
by
supernatural
influences,
by
witchcraft,
or
voluntarily;
a
lycanthrope.
Belief
in
werewolves,
formerly
general,
is not now
extinct..
Megalonyx
::
Megalonyx
(n.) An
extinct
quaternary
mammal,
of great size,
allied
to the
sloth..
Sea Elephant
::
Sea
elephant
() A very large seal
(Macrorhinus
proboscideus)
of the
Antarctic
seas, much
hunted
for its oil. It
sometimes
attains
a
length
of
thirty
feet, and is
remarkable
for the
prolongation
of the nose of the adult male into an
erectile
elastic
proboscis,
about a foot in
length.
Another
species
of
smaller
size (M.
angustirostris)
occurs
on the coast of Lower
California,
but is now
nearly
extinct..
Perpetuation
::
Perpetuation
(n.) The act of
making
perpetual,
or of
preserving
from
extinction
through
an
endless
existence,
or for an
indefinite
period
of time;
continuance..
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