possibly extinct in the wild
[ pos-uh-blee ik-stingktinthuh-wahyld ]
adjectiveBiology, Ecology.
(as categorized by the IUCN Red List) critically endangered to such an extent that evidence of its existence outside of captivity or a naturalized population is profoundly limited and extremely difficult to verify: We do have nine of these macaws in our aviary, but the species is possibly extinct in the wild.Abbreviation: PEW
Origin of possibly extinct in the wild
1First recorded in 2005–10
Words Nearby possibly extinct in the wild
- possibility
- possible
- possible world
- possibly
- possibly extinct
- possibly extinct in the wild
- possie
- POSSLQ
- possum
- possum haw
- possy
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