Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de-extinction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: de-ex-tinc-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of returning an extinct species back into the world.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Even this more limited ambition, however, speaks eloquently of the rapid progress being made in the area of de-extinction."
"The concept of de-extinction is fascinating in much the same way that the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World are."
"“We aren’t trying to bring something back that’s 100% genetically identical to another species. Our goal with de-extinction is always create functional copies of these extinct species. We were focusing on identifying variants that we knew would lead to one of these key traits,” Beth Shapiro, Colossal’s chief science officer told CNN."

Etymology

From de- + extinction.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

de-extinctions (plural)

Phrases

de-extinctioned de-extinct Aldabra rail

Frequently Paired Words

de-extinct Aldabra rail

Questions

What does de-extinction mean?: The process of returning an extinct species back into the world.
Where does de-extinction come from?: From de- + extinction.

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