extirpation
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Last year, the Commission and the state Senate passed resolutions recognizing the centennial anniversary of the extirpation of the California grizzly, with the Senate declaring 2024 the “Year of the Grizzly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The magnificent ramshorn is endemic to the lower Cape Fear River Basin, and lived in three captive populations in North Carolina since 2004 following its extirpation from the wild, according to the wildlife commission.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”
From Scientific American ● May 5, 2023
It’s either a survival technique to dodge humans or a sign that they are edging toward extirpation.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
Averruncā′tion, act of averting: extirpation; Averrunc′ātor, an instrument for cutting off branches of trees.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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