extinctor

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noun

A cause of extinction.

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Meanings

nounextinctor (plural extinctors)

plural extinctors

  1. A cause of extinction.

    […] can be extrapolated robustly to the energy scales of civilization-ending impacts and perhaps even to mass extinctors.

    2002, Christian Koeberl, Kenneth G. MacLeod, Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions: Impacts and Beyond
  2. datedAn extinguisher.

    These chemical extinctors are of all sizes; they range from small bottles upward, to large double-tank machines, and drawn by horses.

    1899, Frederic Morell Holmes, Firemen and their exploits, page 136

Origin

From extinct + -or.

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