coextinction

coextinction

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English extinction
English coextinction

    From co- + extinction.

    Noun

    coextinction (plural coextinctions)

    1. (biology) The simultaneous extinction of two or more species (especially when one is dependent on the other)
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