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pseudoextinction

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

Noun

pseudoextinction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoextinctions)

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

Forms of pseudoextinction

pluralpseudoextinctions

Origin of pseudoextinction

From pseudo- + extinction.

Questions about pseudoextinction

What does pseudoextinction mean?
Pseudoextinction means phyletic extinction; the situation where all members of a species are extinct, but members of a daughter species remain alive.
What part of speech is pseudoextinction?
Pseudoextinction is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudoextinction?
The plural of pseudoextinction is pseudoextinctions.

Words near pseudoextinction in the dictionary

  1. pseudoexons
  2. pseudoexophthalmos
  3. pseudoexperience
  4. pseudoexperiences
  5. pseudoextinct
  6. pseudoextinction
  7. pseudoextinctions
  8. pseudofact
  9. pseudofactin
  10. pseudofacts
  11. pseudofaecal

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