de-extinct

[dee-ik-stingkt]

verb (used with object)

1. to engage in or bring about the de-extinction of (an extinct life form).

Example Sentences

So we should be wary of the shiny offer from Texas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences, which announced in July that it intends to “de-extinct” the moa, a gigantic wingless bird that was killed off about 600 years ago.

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“Call it a de-extinct dire wolf that abides by the definition that the scientific community agreed on 10 years ago. Call it Colossal’s dire wolf. Call it a gray wolf with 20 edits that looks and acts like a dire wolf and is a functional replacement for a dire wolf,” Shapiro said.

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“I’d hate to have to be trying to de-extinct wolves once they go extinct, right?”

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So, did Colossal actually de-extinct a long lost species?

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It announced that it used "deft genetic engineering and ancient DNA "to breed three dire wolf puppies and to "de-extinct" the species.

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