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mass extinction events

mass extinction events is the plural of mass extinction event.

Meaning of mass extinction event

Noun

mass extinction event (plural mass extinction events)

  1. (evolutionary theory) One of five historical events in which the Earth experienced a loss of ∼75% of all species over a geological interval of less than 3 million years, the most recent being the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago.
    • Joab is a two-mooned habitable planet that is most well known for its mass extinction event. Thousands of years ago, Joab was home to a primate-like spacefaring civilization as well as abundant flora and fauna. However, this can only be deduced from time capsules put into the ground well outside...2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Joab

Questions about mass extinction events

What is mass extinction events the plural of?
Mass extinction events is the plural of mass extinction event.

Words near mass extinction events in the dictionary

  1. mass effects
  2. mass energies
  3. mass energy
  4. mass extinction
  5. mass extinction event
  6. mass extinction events
  7. mass extinctions
  8. mass favourite
  9. mass finishing
  10. mass finishings
  11. mass flow

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