pseudoextinction

noun

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

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Meanings

nounpseudoextinction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoextinctions)

plural pseudoextinctions

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

Origin

From pseudo- + extinction.

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APA

pseudoextinction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoextinction

MLA

“pseudoextinction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoextinction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoextinction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoextinction.

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