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What does extinct mean?

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Adjective
  1. (dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
  2. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
  3. No longer in existence; having died out.
  4. (volcanology) No longer actively erupting.
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This extinct order of giant scale trees includes relatives of the modern quillworts.
The first DNA to be extracted from an ancient specimen was from 150-year-old tissues from the quagga, an extinct relative of the zebra.
As an extinct animal, the quagga is well qualified to act as a tour guide for a paleontological museum.
In traditional classifications, the hagfish, lampreys, and extinct armored jawless fish are grouped together in the paraphyletic Class Agnatha.
Before the captive kiwi were released the iconic birds had been extinct in the southern North Island for well over a century.
Dada is as extinct as the dodo, and absurdism gave Surrealism a different spin.

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