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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, All articles with self-published sources, Extinction, Environmental conservation, Biota by conservation status
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extinction  defunctness
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No longer in existence WordNet 3.0
English:
biology
geology
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No longer in existence WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. Wikipedia
End of a species. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Termination of a taxon by the death of its last member Wikidata
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation. Wiktionary
The action of making or becoming extinct. Wiktionary (translation)
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The extinction of a species WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
death
end
biorisk
PART OF
environmental damage
biodiversity loss
HAS KIND
local extinction
eradication of infectious diseases
evolutionary suicide
extermination
extermination
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
human extinction
functional extinction
DERIVATION
defunct
defunct
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
OPPOSITE OF
speciation
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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extinction, defunctness
Wikipedia
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extinction
Wikidata
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extinction
Wiktionary
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extinction
Wikipedia Redirections
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Animal extinction, Biological extinction, causes of extinction, Extict, extinct, extinct taxon, Extinction (biology), extinction rate, extinctions, loss of species, Planned extinction, specicide, species extinction, species loss, Species loss survey, Un-extinct
Wikidata Alias
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Extinction, Biological

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