n. a putting out or being put out; as of a fire a destroying or being destroyed; annihilation; abolition the fact or state of being or becoming extinct; dying out; as a species of animal-Physiol; Psychol.- the weakening and disappearance of a condi
They think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs.
They think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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The extinction of the dodo bird was an irreparable loss.
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What was causing the threatened extinction of wild chimpanzees?
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When animals are near extinction what are they called?
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What was the main cause of the mass extinction of large animals at the end of the Pleistocene Era?
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There was a mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural.
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