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"an extinct species of fish" "an extinct royal family" "extinct laws and customs"adjectiveno longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representativesOpposite:
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"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"adjectivebeing out or having grown cold
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"an extinct volcano"adjective(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
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- gothic extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
- neanderthal extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
- dodo extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
- solitaire extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
- moa extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
- pterodactyl extinct flying reptile
- mastodon extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
- australopithecus extinct genus of African hominid
- plesiosaur extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
- archaeopteryx extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds