possibly extinct
[ pos-uh-blee ik-stingkt ]
adjectiveBiology, Ecology.
(as categorized by the IUCN Red List) critically endangered to such an extent that evidence of its existence is profoundly limited and extremely difficult to verify: We can hope to find survivors among a possibly extinct species, but sadly we know how unlikely that is.Abbreviation: PE
Origin of possibly extinct
1First recorded in 2005–10
Words Nearby possibly extinct
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How to use possibly extinct in a sentence
A place so called is situated in Butterworth, Lancashire, and gave name to a family,—possibly extinct in the sixteenth century.
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