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de-extincting

de-extincting is the present participle and gerund of de-extinct.

Meaning of de-extinct

Verb

de-extinct (third-person singular simple present de-extincts, present participle de-extincting, simple past and past participle de-extincted)

  1. (neologism, transitive) To return an extinct species back into the world.
    • In 2012, Australian researchers briefly de-extincted an amphibian they dubbed ‘the Lazarus frog’ (Rheobatrachus silus), an unusual creature with one hell of a party trick (to find out what it was, you’ll have to read Chapter 5).2016, Helen Pilcher, Bring Back the King: the new science of de-extinction, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN, page 16
    Synonyms:
    unextinct

Questions about de-extincting

What is de-extincting the present participle and gerund of?
De-extincting is the present participle and gerund of de-extinct.

Words near de-extincting in the dictionary

  1. de-ethnization
  2. de-excitation
  3. de-excitations
  4. de-extinct
  5. de-extincted
  6. de-extincting
  7. de-extinction
  8. de-extinctioned
  9. de-extinctions
  10. de-extincts
  11. de-extremization

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