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Meaning of extinct

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extinct
      adj 1: no longer in existence; lost or especially having died
             out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct
             species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct
             laws and customs" [syn: {extinct}, {nonextant}] [ant:
             {extant}]
      2: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
         [ant: {active}]
      3: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette
         into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: {extinct},
         {out(p)}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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