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  2. Apr 5, 2017 · Extirpation is the local extinction of a species or population within a certain area, while extinction is the global extinction of a species. Learn about the causes, effects and examples of extirpation, such as the gray wolf and the brown tree snake.

  3. Extirpate means to destroy completely or to pull up by the root. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of extirpate from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions. [1] [2] Local extinctions mark a change in the ecology of an area.

  5. Extirpation is the act of removing or destroying something completely, such as a species, a culture, or a tumour. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and related terms from Cambridge Dictionary.

    • 32 orchid species in Bangladesh—One of the first papers of 2020 to report any extinctions announced the probable loss of 17 percent of Bangladesh’s 187 known orchid species.
    • Smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis)—One of the few extinctions of 2020 that received much media attention, and it’s easy to see why. Handfish are an unusual group of species whose front fins look somewhat like human appendages, which they use to walk around the ocean floor.
    • 65 North American plants—This past year researchers set out to determine how many plants in the continental United States had been lost. They catalogued 65, including five small trees, eight shrubs, 37 perennial herbs and 15 annual herbs.
    • 22 frog species—The IUCN this year declared nearly two dozen long-unseen Central and South American frog species as “critically endangered (possibly extinct)”—victims of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus.
  6. Extirpation means the state or condition of having become locally or regionally extinct, or the removal or excision of a tumor, organ, etc. Learn more about the word's usage, synonyms, and origin from Dictionary.com.

  7. Extirpate means to remove or destroy something completely, especially in a formal context. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in different languages.

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