English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudoextinction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. phyletic extinction; the situation where all members of a species are extinct, but members of a daughter species remain alive

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pseudoextinction pseudoextinctions

Etymology

From pseudo- + extinction.

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