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critically endangered
[ krit-i-klee en-deyn-jerd ]
adjective
, Biology, Ecology.
- (of a threatened species ) having the highest risk of extinction, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: : CR
The list of critically endangered frog species is alarmingly long.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of critically endangered1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
Meanwhile, “climate change is also impairing recovery of some species, including critically endangered right whales in the North Atlantic.”
From Popular-Science
Those plants in turn feed countless animals, from the critically endangered blue-eyed ground-dove to the lanky maned wolf.
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The herd has more than doubled and shows no sign of mutation, which could mean the site is a good place to introduce other critically endangered species.
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