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Definition of extinct
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of extinct is as below...
Extinct
(a.)
Without
a
survivor;
without
force;
dead; as, a
family
becomes
extinct;
an
extinct
feud or law..
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Graptolite
::
Graptolite
(n.) One of
numerous
species
of
slender
and
delicate
fossils,
of the genus
Graptolites
and
allied
genera,
found in the
Silurian
rocks.
They
belong
to an
extinct
group
(Graptolithina)
supposed
to be
hydroids..
Cease
::
Cease (n.)
Extinction.
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..
Toxodon
::
Toxodon
(n.) A
gigantic
extinct
herbivorous
mammal
from South
America,
having
teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order
Toxodonta..
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.
Dinornis
::
Dinornis
(n.) A genus of
extinct,
ostrichlike
birds of
gigantic
size, which
formerly
inhabited
New
Zealand.
See Moa..
Titanotherium
::
Titanotherium
(n.) A large
American
Miocene
mammal,
allied
to the
rhinoceros,
and more
nearly
to the
extinct
Brontotherium..
Mammoth
::
Mammoth
(n.) An
extinct,
hairy,
maned
elephant
(Elephas
primigenius),
of
enormous
size,
remains
of which are found in the
northern
parts of both
continents.
The last of the race, in
Europe,
were
coeval
with
prehistoric
man..
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..
Garrote
::
Garrote
(n.) A
Spanish
mode of
execution
by
strangulation,
with an iron
collar
affixed
to a post and
tightened
by a screw until life
become
extinct;
also, the
instrument
by means of which the
punishment
is
inflicted..
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..
Moa
::
Moa (n.) Any one of
several
very large
extinct
species
of
wingless
birds
belonging
to
Dinornis,
and other
related
genera,
of the
suborder
Dinornithes,
found in New
Zealand.
They are
allied
to the
apteryx
and the
ostrich.
They were
probably
exterminated
by the
natives
before
New
Zealand
was
discovered
by
Europeans.
Some
species
were much
larger
than the
ostrich..
Extinct
::
Extinct
(v. t.) To cause to be
extinct.
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..
Rudistes
::
Rudistes
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order or
suborder
of
bivalve
mollusks
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period;
--
called
also
Rudista.
See
Illust.
under
Hippurite.
Clidastes
::
Clidastes
(n.) A genus of
extinct
marine
reptiles,
allied
to the
Mosasaurus.
See
Illust.
in
Appendix..
Cheirotherium
::
Cheirotherium
(n.) A genus of
extinct
animals,
so named from
fossil
footprints
rudely
resembling
impressions
of the human hand, and
believed
to have been made by
labyrinthodont
reptiles.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Out
::
Out (a.)
Beyond
the limit of
existence,
continuance,
or
supply;
to the end;
completely;
hence,
in, or into, a
condition
of
extinction,
exhaustion,
completion;
as, the fuel, or the fire, has
burned
out..
Decline
::
Decline
(v. i.) To tend or draw
towards
a
close,
decay,
or
extinction;
to tend to a less
perfect
state;
to
become
diminished
or
impaired;
to fail; to sink; to
diminish;
to
lessen;
as, the day
declines;
virtue
declines;
religion
declines;
business
declines..
Diprotodon
::
Diprotodon
(n.) An
extinct
Quaternary
marsupial
from
Australia,
about as large as the
hippopotamus;
-- so named
because
of its two large front
teeth.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
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