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pseudoextinction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pseu-doex-tinc-tion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pseudo- + extinction.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pseudoextinctions (plural)

Questions

What does pseudoextinction mean?
phyletic extinction; the situation where all members of a species are extinct, but members of a daughter species remain alive
Where does pseudoextinction come from?
From pseudo- + extinction.

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